The Office of the Vice President for Government Relations at the University of Michigan serves as the university’s bridge between local, state, and federal governments. Our mission is to foster strong partnerships and advocate for policies that enhance the educational, research, and service missions of the university. Through proactive engagement and collaboration, we work to ensure that the University of Michigan continues to be a leader in higher education and a vital resource for the public good.
Continued investment, year over year, in higher education strengthens the economic vitality of the state, region and nation.
Whitmer recommends 2.5% increase for higher ed in FY ’25, February 14, 2024
He [Vannevar Bush – First Presidential Science Advisor] recognized that federal funding of research at universities would amplify the return on investment. Not only would cutting edge research get done, but students would be involved, and they would go on to be the next generation of scientists.
- Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing, February 1, 2023
I would consider drug manufacturing to be critical infrastructure. If we have crumbling bridges, we fix them. If we don’t have medication we need, we build the factories and we incentivize companies […] to make the critical drugs that are quite expensive to make on American soil.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, March 22, 2023
There are so many gaps in the data when it comes to gun violence because we only just recently started to get federal funding. We went decades without federal funding, and we lost a generation of gun violence researchers.
Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, June 5, 2023
Creative policy solutions are needed to make healthy options composed largely of minimally processed foods convenient and affordable irrespective of financial circumstances.
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, September 18, 2024
