U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow through the years

Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks during the inauguration festivities for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (background) on January 1, 2023 at the capitol building in Lansing.

Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks to the children of the administration after they lead the Pledge of Allegiance during the inauguration festivities on January 1, 2023 at the capitol building in Lansing, Michigan.

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow speaks during a rally the night before Michigan's election day as part of Whitmer's "Put Michigan First Road Trip" located at the Michigan State University Auditorium on Nov. 7, 2022.

Hillary Scholten, left, and Stabenow "elbow bump" as Scholten holds a get-out-the-vote rally with staff and supporters at Kent County Democratic headquarters on October 15, 2020, in Grand Rapids, MI just a few weeks ahead off the U.S. general election.

Stabenow joins Hillary Scholten for a rally and post-rally press conference at Kent County Democratic headquarters on October 15, 2020, in Grand Rapids, MI where Scholten discussed her plans to defend the federal Affordable Care Act and its protection of health care coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions if elected. Scholten is running against Republican Peter Meijer for the seat held by Libertarian U.S. Rep. Justin Amash.

Stabenow plants a tree with others at St. John Lutheran Church in Detroit, Tuesday, October 11, 2022.

President Joe Biden speaks with Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, and Stabenow during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit.

Pam Obriot, left, stands with Stabenow and Susan Schissler at planned parenthood rally in Ann Arbor on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

President Joe Biden eats a cherry as he tours King Orchards fruit farm with Stabenow Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Central Lake, Mich.

Stabenow speaks to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the nomination of Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.

Then U.S. Congressman Gary Peters; Barbara McCallahan, director of community affairs/regional manager for Stabenow; Stabenow; and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm walk through the Orion Assembly plant on Oct. 7, 2010 in Lake Orion.

Stabenow and Gary Peters toured the floor of the 2019 Detroit auto show. They expressed optimism Friday that the incoming presidential administration will be a partner in advancing policies that would make Michigan a center of the next-generation auto industry.

Then Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, right, greets Stabenow as she speaks with supporters at Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 in Southfield while visiting Michigan on Election Day, November 3, 2020.

Stabenow, D-Lansing, left, former President Barack Obama and then-gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer appear at a rally at Cass Technical High School in Detroit on Oct. 26, 2018.

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, left, and Gary Peters briefly stand together on stage after she introduces him after her speech and before his.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow gavels to order a hearing about the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange company FTX with ranking member Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. In his first public comments since his business collapsed, Sam Bankman-Fried told the New York Times Wednesday that management and accounting failures were the reason for the collapse of his $32 billion company, which has sparked civil and criminal investigations.

Stabenow joins members of The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to participate in a "Save Our Homes/Stop Foreclosures" rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol Tuesday on March 11, 2008 as part of the national grassroots community organization's annual Legislative and Political Conference in Washington, DC.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and Stabenow arrive as lawmakers rush to complete passage of a spending bill to fund the government before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.

President Joe Biden buys ice cream at Moomers Homemade Ice Cream, with Stabenow and Peters, D-Mich., Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Traverse City, Mich.

Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have a private conversation outside the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump tomorrow on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Republican John James looks towards Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., during their debate at the Detroit Economic Club, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Detroit. Stabenow is seeking a fourth term and has led comfortably in polls, and James, a business executive and combat veteran, participated in their second debate before the November election.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks during the funeral service for Aretha Franklin at Greater Grace Temple, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Detroit. Franklin died Aug. 16, 2018 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.

Tax bill conferee Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, joined by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., members of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, uses charts as she opposes the sweeping GOP tax plan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, following Senate policy luncheons.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, stands with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, after speaking at a rally at Grand Valley State University Fieldhouse in Allendale, Mich., Monday, Nov. 7, 2016.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, leads a tour group of students from St. Patrick School of White Lake, Mich., in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Congressional staffers and interns usually lead constituent tours, but due to the federal government shutdown members of Congress have begun to lead tour groups from their home states.

Award-winning actress and mental health advocate Glenn Close, left, walks with Sen. Debbie Styabenow, D-Mich., right, following a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, where Close urged senators to pass the Excellence in Mental Health Act. The legislation would expand access to mental health treatment and improve available care.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm ,Senator Debbie Stabenow, John Rice, vice chairman of GE, Congressman Sandy Levin, Senator Carl Levin, at the new GE complex in VanBuren Township.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., second from right, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, points to graph during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 6, 2011.

Chrysler Chairman Sergio Marchionne, left, stands as Fiat Chairman John Elkann, center, shakes hands with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, right, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich.

President Barack Obama has a word with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., after he signed the HIRE Act jobs bill in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010. At rear, from left to right: Budget Director Peter Orszag, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.

RCR team owner Richard Childress greets U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in the garage area prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on August 21, 2011 in Brooklyn, Michigan. Vilsack and Stabenow were at the race to see engines that use ethanol. They both support expanded biofuel production in the U.S.

Vice President Joseph Biden, left, talks with Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, right, before delivering a speech in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Friday, June 12, 2009. During the speech Biden announced a $2 billion bond for Michigan's economic recovery.

Former President Bill Clinton talks with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., before he spoke to a Rural Summit on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

Michigan Democrats, from left, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin; his brother U.S. Rep. Sander Levin; U.S. Rep. John Conyers; U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow; and U.S. Rep. John Dingell; pose for a photo at the 2007 Michigan Democratic Convention at the Cobo Center, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007, in Detroit.

Musician Mitch Ryder, left, introduces Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., during a Democratic rally at the Emerald Theatre in Mount Clemens, Mich., Monday, Nov. 6, 2006.

On Thursday, May 18, 2006, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, second right, D-Mich., talks with Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda, right, as Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., looks on after a brief press op on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, and Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., rally the crowd of Democratic John Kerry supporters Saturday, July 31, 2004, in Lansing, Mich. The two were joined by Sen. Carl Levin and former Gov. James Blanchard in stops around the state to encourage volunteers and send them into neighborhoods to campaign for Kerry.

Congressman John Peters and Senator Debbie Stabenow talk with Abdullah Bazzi (right)senior manager Electrified Powertrain Propulsion Systems at Chrysler Group LLC with a Dodge Ram pickup. At Bosch Headquarters in Farmington Hills in support of the Fuel Efficient Vehicle Research in Michigan. Photos by Charles V.Tines, The Detroit News.

Senator Debbie Stabenow and Congressman Gary Peters, check out a Heavy Duty garbage truck, while at Robert Bosch Headquarters in Farmington Hills in support of the Fuel Efficient Vehicle Research in Michigan.

Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens as Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., voices her opposition to the Medicare being considered on Capitol Hill Friday, Nov. 21, 2003.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. addresses the GrandRally to Leave No Children Behind, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003 on Capitol Hill. The rally of grandparents and other relatives raising children from around the country, was to call on Congress for support in raising their families.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., presents petitions asking the Environmental Protection Agency to ban Canadian trash shipments into Michigan to Michael Leavitt, EPA administrator nominee, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003, on Capitol Hill.

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) talks on the phone amid a crowd of people gathering at the foot of Canal Street in New Orleans on Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. She and fellow senators were touring the Gulf Coast region to view Hurricane Katrina damage.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., shows an anti-tamper proof bottle of drugs during a news conference on the safety of reimported prescription drugs on Capitol Hill, Friday August 1, 2003, in Washington.

Congressman Andy Leven (from left) speaks with former Michigan Governor and current Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Senator Debbie Stabenow as they pay their respects to the late Senator Carl Levin in Detroit on Sunday, June 12, 2022.

Debbie Stabenow introduces Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama during a rally at Adams Field on the East Lansing campus of Michigan State University, Thursday, October 2, 2008.

Congressmen Fred Upton, Congressmen Bart Stupack, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Congressmen Gary Peters, Congressmen Mike Rogers come to the stage to welcome the guests of The Michigan Inaugural Dinner Dance well. The Michigan Inaugural Dinner Dance at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2009.

United States President Barack Obama exits Air Force One with U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow as they arrive at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Twp., Tuesday afternoon, July 14, 2009.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm, center, talks about election results flanked by Michigan Democratic leaders, Sen. Carl Levin, from left, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, state Rep. Dianne Byrum, and state Sen. Bob Emerson, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004, in Lansing, Mich. Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry won Michigan and the State House picked up five Democratic seats.

Michigan Senators Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., center, holds bottles of California wine and shares a laugh with Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 22, 2004 as Boxer payed off a bet on the outcome of the recently completed NBA finals. Michigan's senators collected two tickets to Disneyland, wine and a crate of avocados from California's senators, who were forced to pay up after the Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (C) hugs her mother Ann Greer,77, at a rally of seniors against the Medicare Prescription Drug Act as Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (L) cheers on Capitol Hill December 8, 2003 in Washington, DC. Earlier today President Bush signed the bill, which was criticized by Democrats and the elderly as benefiting only insurance and pharmaceutical companies.

U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and Dave Camp, R-Midland, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, check out the Stanley Cup on a visit to the U.S. Capitol after the Red Wings won in 2002.

Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Al Gore (R) appears with US senate candidate from Michigan Debbie Stabenow (L) at a rally 14 October 2000 at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

President Clinton makes a point during his address to members of the Michigan Democratic Party in Livonia, Mich., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000. Behind him, from left, are; U.S. Reps. Debbie Stabenow, Carolyn Cheeks Kilaprick, State Sen. Dianne Byrum and U.S. Rep. John Conyers.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Al Gore Democratic Presidential nominee Vice President Al Gore gets a hug from Democratic U.S. Senatorial candidate Rep. Debbie Stabenow at a rally at United Auto Workers union Local 659 in Flint, Michigan, November 6, 2000. The vice president is on a marathon tour of battleground states before tomorrow''s election.