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Ranking Member — Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Gary C. Peters is a Democratic senator from Michigan who has served in the Senate since 2015 after prior House service. His official Senate biography records service in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a private-sector financial career before elected office.
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Gary C. Peters is a Democratic senator from Michigan who has served in the Senate since 2015 after prior House service. His official Senate biography records service in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a private-sector financial career before elected office.
Open biography & office record ↓Gary C. Peters is a Democratic senator from Michigan who has served in the Senate since 2015 after prior House service. His official Senate biography records service in the U.S. Navy Reserve and a private-sector financial career before elected office.
Peters is ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The committee’s current roster identifies Rand Paul as chairman and Peters as ranking member; Peters also serves on Appropriations, Armed Services and Commerce.
Peters introduced S. 3709 in January 2026 with Senator James Lankford as an original cosponsor. His office calls the measure the Streamlining Federal Grants Act and describes it as an effort to simplify and standardize parts of the federal grant-application and administration process.
Peters introduced S. 3709 on January 28, 2026, with James Lankford as an original cosponsor. His official office describes the bill as a bipartisan proposal to simplify and improve the federal grants process.