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Welcome! Senator Carl Levin spends a great deal of time fulfilling his responsibilities as the senior senator from Michigan by meeting with constituents around the state and in Washington, D.C. As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Levin travels often to meet with U.S. military personnel around the world.
Dedication of the Carl M. Levin Building at the Port of Detroit »
The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority honored Sen. Carl Levin for his leadership on the downtown Detroit riverfront by naming the new facility the Carl M. Levin Building at the Port of Detroit. May 2, 2013.
Upper Peninsula Honor Flight - May 2013 »
World War II veterans from Michigan's Upper Peninsula flew to Washington, D.C. on May 1, 2013, to visit the WWII Memorial. Sen. Carl Levin met them at the memorial to welcome them to Washington and thank them for their service
Afghan Youth Orchestra - February 2013 »
During their visit to the United States, Sen. Levin hosted members of the Afghan Youth Orchestra for a short concert in the U.S. Capitol. February 6, 2013.
Afghanistan and Pakistan - January 2013 »
Sen. Carl Levin, D-MI, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan in January 2013 to get a firsthand look at security and political developments in the region and their impact on America's national security.
Upper Peninsula - October 2012 »
In October, Carl had a packed visit to the Upper Peninsula. He stopped by a 4th grade class in Gladstone, visited Engineered Machined Products in Escanaba, toured the construction of the Partridge Creek Diversion Project in Ishpeming, toured the Bete Grise Preserve and Stamp Sands in Keweenaw County, and participated in the 20th anniversary celebrations for Keweenaw National Historical Park.
Upper Peninsula Honor Flight - September 2012 »
Carl welcomed Upper Peninsula WW II veterans and their friends during their visit to the World Warl II Memorial in Washington, D.C. "A grateful nation will always remember and honor your service to our country in one of freedom's darkest hours." September 2012.
Michigan - August 2012 »
Carl crisscrossed Michigan during August. He attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at Fort Custer and saw the progress on the removal of the dam over the Boardman River in Grand Traverse County. He toured Avon Protection Systems in Cadillac and the Hammond Bay Biological Station in Millersburg. In the U.P., Carl visited the Clear Lake Education Center in Manistique; attended the transfer ceremony of the former Naval ELF property to Humboldt Township; met with Mind Trekkers at the U.P. State Fair; toured the Heritage Sustainable Energy wind farm; met with constituents in Schoolcraft County; and celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Michigan Wilderness Act in St. Ignace. In Grand Rapids, Carl attended a ceremony honoring Montford Point Marines and was briefed on the Wounded Warrior Traumatic Brain Injury Project.
West Michigan Visits - May & June 2012 »
Even the rain couldn't keep Carl away from the Tulip Time Festival Muziekparade in Holland on May 12. Before heading to the parade, Carl checked out the sweets and antiques at Simply Delightful, a bakery in Saranac and met with some Ionia County residents. In June, Carl spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new 217th Air Operations Group building at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base.
Afghanistan - May 2012 »
In early May, Sen. Levin and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., traveled to Afghanistan to get a firsthand look at security and political developments in the region and their impact on America's national security. On May 1, Sens. Levin and Reed joined President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul as they signed the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which spells out the terms of U.S.-Afghanistan relations beyond the anticipated departures of U.S. combat troops in 2014. (Sen. Levin took the photographs of President Obama and President Karzai.) The senators also traveled around Kandahar and met with troops in the field, including soldiers from Michigan and Rhode Island and Reed's old unit, the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Michigan Tech's Mobile HEV Lab Visits Capitol Hill - April 2012 »
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., welcomed Michigan Tech’s Mobile Hybrid Electric Vehicle Lab to Capitol Hill, praising the mobile lab as a test bed on wheels for innovations that will drive the future of green vehicle technologies. "Having a hands-on, mobile showcase for these technologies will help people around the country understand how academia, industry and government are working together to create the vehicle technologies of the future,” Levin said.