18 | OCTOBER 15 • 2020
F
reshmen Congresswoman
Haley Stevens is defending
her seat against Republican
Eric Esshaki in Michigan’
s tra-
ditionally red 11th District,
which includes Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills,
Troy, Commerce
Township, Novi
and Farmington.
Stevens grew up in
the district and her
family still lives in
Birmingham.
The JN recently interviewed
Rep. Stevens via Zoom. Her
responses are edited for length
and clarity.
ISRAEL
My focus in Congress has been
on advanced manufacturing and
new technological development,
and I believe the U.S./Israel part-
nership is a real opportunity for
us to strengthen entrepreneurial
efforts, such as the maturity
of new technologies, particu-
larly in the automotive sector.
The Michigan Israel Business
Accelerator is a great organi-
zation, and I want to do more
with it. It certainly has led to the
development of new companies,
spinoffs and start-ups.
ANTISEMITISM
I oppose the BDS [boycott,
divestment, sanctions] movement
as a real attack on American
Jewry. Particularly we see this on
campuses, and it’
s a deeply biased
campaign against Israel’
s exis-
tence and it’
s leading to extraor-
dinary tensions … We need to
have badges and designations
for hate groups … Neo-Nazism
and antisemitism have no place
in our country, and I will always
seek to dismantle it. We’
ve got
to take some serious action in
Congress to combat it.
COVID-19
The pandemic is still among us.
We’
re not back to a full recov-
ery on our economy. Small
businesses have sustained a lot
of economic pain. I’
m all for
another stimulus for our working
families and not leaving people
and communities in the lurch
around some of the other assis-
tance measures they need. And
we can do this in a smart, fiscally
responsible way, and it gives
people a return on their taxpayer
dollars, too.
CLIMATE CHANGE
We must embrace a whole
clean technology portfolio. I
think Michigan is going to be
a leading place for electric and
autonomous vehicles. Michigan
has also been a great example of
the approach of having a robust,
advanced manufacturing sector
that has embraced clean technol-
ogies, such as solar panels on our
roofs and LEED certification in
our buildings while also main-
taining the stewardship of our
environment. We are the Great
Lakes State, and the care and
health of our fresh water is criti-
cal and something that 50 years
ago we stood up for when we
passed legislation to protect our
natural environment. My goal
is to bring all the stakeholders
to the table: those in the private
sector, utilities and auto compa-
nies.
More at www.thejewishnews.com.
Rep. Haley Stevens
Freshman congresswoman talks with
the JN about her priorities if reelected.
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