Committee assignments Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Chair) As Chairperson, Senator Stabenow is an ex officio member of all subcommittees. Committee on the Budget Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Subcommittee on National Parks Subcommittee on Water and Power Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Health Care Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Caucus memberships Afterschool Caucuses Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus Political positions The American Conservative Union gave Stabenow a 6% lifetime conservative rating in 2020. Abortion Stabenow supports keeping abortion legal. She has voted to expand embryonic stem cell research, and against prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortions, barring HHS grants to institutions that perform abortions, and criminal penalties for harm or death to a fetus in a violent crime. Cannabis legalization Stabenow supported Michigan Proposal 1 in 2018 to legalize cannabis for recreational use, though she would like to ensure law enforcement is involved so that the law is implemented correctly. Food assistance In 2013, Greg Kaufmann of The Nation wrote an article stating that Stabenow was prepared to cut $8 to $9 billion from the food stamp (SNAP) program. In a lengthy statement, Stabenow's office rejected these accusations, maintaining that she "strongly opposes any changes to food assistance that make cuts in benefits for people who need help putting food on the table" and that she "has been the number one defender against the House Republican proposal to cut food assistance by $40 billion." Kaufmann doubled down on his charges and challenged Stabenow's office's claims in detail. In 2017, Stabenow fought to prevent the creation of additional work-requirement rules on SNAP recipients who were older or had smaller children and led a bipartisan effort to get the legislation passed. Foreign policy In October 2002, Stabenow was one of 23 senators who voted against authorization of the use of military force in Iraq. In April 2019, Stabenow was one of 34 senators to sign a letter to President Donald Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" by preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018