Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) reintroduced the bipartisan Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act to expand access to private dental coverage for millions of Americans. Currently, Americans are prohibited from purchasing dental coverage on the federal marketplace without also enrolling in a qualified health plan. This requirement has unnecessarily obst... Read More »
ANN ARBOR, Mich.- Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today delivered handmade Valentine’s Day cards from local students across Southeast Michigan to veterans at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center and Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. Since 2015, students across the region have made hundreds of cards each year to show love and appreciation to veterans, along w... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to Ginny Creasman, Director of the Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor, and Chris Cauley, Director of the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, requesting updates about the impact of the Trump Administration’s dismissal of more than 1,000 Veterans Affairs employees. Dingell visited both VAs today as a part of her annual... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) joined U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) to reintroduce the bipartisan Give Kids a Chance Act. This landmark bill will accelerate pediatric cancer treatments and expand access to life-saving therapies for children battling rare diseases. This legislation combines two critical initiatives — the original Give Kids a Chance Act and the Creating Hope Reauthorization A... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman John Moolenaar (R-MI) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to prevent deadly tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in honor of Shandra Eisenga of Marion, Michigan. The Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Products Safety Act, which passed the House of Representatives unanimously in December, requires the Department of Health and Human Services to imp... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the HALT Fentanyl Act. “The opioid crisis is devastating families in Michigan and across the country, and we must take serious, decisive action to combat it. My sister died of a drug overdose, and I feel as strongly as anyone about the need to curb the drug problem in this country. Unfortunately, this bill does not do that. P... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) today reintroduced the bipartisan Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act with Representatives Ann Wagner (R-MO), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), and Derek Schmidt (R-KS). This bill redirects unobligated funds collected through the False Claims Act to the Crime Victims Fund through Fiscal Year 2029, stabilizing the Crime Victims Fun... Read More »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Jen Kiggans (R-VA-03), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental and behavioral health conditions among health care professionals. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Y... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Congressman John James (MI-10) today introduced a resolution to recognize February 4th as “National Cancer Prevention Day.” Dingell and James serve as Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cancer Prevention Caucus, which aims to educate policymakers about best practices for cancer prevention. The resolution recognizes the devastating effect cancer has on families ... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today released the following statement on the White House announcement of new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. “Tariffs are a tool in the toolbox, and we need to advance trade policies that strengthen our economy and manufacturing and support the auto industry. But we need to understand that our domestic manufacturing is closely intertwined with the rest o... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Douglas O’Donnell requesting answers regarding the slow pace of authorizing, processing, and disbursing the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC). The letter comes in response to concerns from local businesses who are depending on the program to retain employees. “As a pandemic-era relief p... Read More »
MLIVE: Inside the University of Michigan’s new $40M Ypsilanti Health Center U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, toured the University of Michigan’s new $40 million Ypsilanti Health Center Wednesday. Construction is nearly complete on the new downtown facility at 300 W. Michigan Ave. in the former Eastern Michigan University College of Business. University of Michigan regents agreed in 2022 to l... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s order to rescind the Biden Administration’s corporate average fuel economy standards. “What the auto industry needs now more than anything, and what all manufacturing needs, is certainty. The auto companies cannot continue to be a political football, which they have been for too long. For... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) was today joined by the Michigan Department of Transportation and state and local legislators to announce the next steps for the road grade separation project on M-85 in Trenton. Earlier this month, Dingell announced the Federal Railroad Administration awarded $73,446,704 to MDOT to complete the project, which will improve safety in one of the Downriver region’... Read More »
WDET: Michigan Congresswoman Dingell sees pressing issues and bipartisan paths forward in GOP-led government Dingell spoke to WDET about her efforts to reach across the aisle and the many different ways the new administration will affect her district. It’s been roughly a week since President Donald Trump officially took office. And a Michigan Congresswoman is outlining how the new administration c... Read More »
