Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that Nel Hydrogen will receive $50 million from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen Fuel Technologies Office to support the development of a new clean hydrogen facility in Plymouth. This funding is part of a $750 million investment in 52 projects across 24 states to dramatically reduce the cost of clean hydrogen and reinforce America's glo... Read More »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Jill Tokuda (HI-02), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), on Friday - International Women's Day - introduced a Resolution condemning sexual violence against all women across the globe, especially in times of conflict and as a weapon of war. “Sexual violence against women and girls is widespread and devastating, and we are seeing accounts of horrific violence, abuse, ... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address. “Tonight, President Biden made clear just how much we have gotten done in the last three years, and detailed his vision for the future: a vision of progress, possibilities, and resilience. Under Joe Biden’s presidency, we’re taking on the hard issues that keep American... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) will host University of Michigan’s new Head Football Coach Sherrone Moore as her guest for President Biden’s State of the Union address this evening. “Over the course of the last season the coaches and captains of the University of Michigan national championship team instilled the importance of teamwork across their entire program,” Dingell said. “During the na... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the partial FY2024 government appropriations package passed by the House includes $12,833,163 for community projects in Michigan’s 6th district. This funding will go directly to 14 projects that improve local water treatment facilities and infrastructure, repair and upgrade roadways and sidewalks, develop and improve public spaces, and more... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today applauded the EPA’s proposal to add the Gelman Sciences plume to the to the Superfund National Priorities List. The NPL is a list of sites throughout the United States and its territories where historical releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants pose significant threats to human health and the environment. A 60-day public comment perio... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the White House announcement that the Department of Commerce will open an inquiry into national security risks posed by connected vehicles from countries of concern, including China. “As our vehicles become smarter, safer, and cleaner with emerging technologies, it’s important we fully understand the implications and potenti... Read More »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) today led 38 of their House colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter urging the Biden Administration to work with Congress to address funding shortfalls in the Victims of Crime Act’s (VOCA) Crime Victims Fund (CVF). “The Victims of Crime Act is the largest source of federal, non-taxpayer, grant funding for victim service organizations,” ... Read More »
Dear Friend, It has been a very busy couple of weeks, and since you know I do put a lot of work into these letters myself, I am a little behind. It is winter with, quite frankly, unpredictable weather. We have seen rain, snow, and ice with dramatic shifts from cold to warm, and it hangs over what I do while home. But I stay out there and try to get to as many places as I can, but the size of crowd... Read More »
Today Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Ro Khanna (CA-17) unveiled their new Made in the USA bill as part of a factory tour in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The bill would invigorate U.S. manufacturing, create good-paying jobs, and protect workers by incentivizing and rewarding consumers for buying American-made goods. Khanna and Dingell toured Motawi Tileworks and Leon Speakers’ respective manufa... Read More »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and Dave Joyce (R-OH) – co-chairs of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force – led a bipartisan letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide $450 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, as currently authorized under law. “The Great Lakes are a... Read More »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today celebrated Paczki Day, a Polish tradition before the fasting of Lent, by delivering the traditional Polish donuts to friends in the press and community across Michigan’s 6th District. Delivering paczki in celebration of this day is a Dingell family tradition started by John Dingell many years ago when he served in Congress. “Rituals and traditions in our ... Read More »
Dear friend, Last week was hard. Difficult votes that politicize issues that shouldn’t be politicized, like the proposed impeachment of the Homeland Security Secretary– it was simply game playing with our national security and hearings that are held just to take cheap shots. It doesn’t build or result in good public policy, it doesn’t help keep us united as a nation, and it continues to undermine ... Read More »
Members of the Great Lakes Task Force – led by Representatives Debbie Dingell, David Joyce, Marcy Kaptur, and Bill Huizenga in the House and Senators Debbie Stabenow and J.D. Vance in the Senate this week introduced the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024, which extends this critical program for another five years through 2031, and increases annual funding levels from $475 mi... Read More »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), along with Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), introduced a bill to boost the creative economy and support the development of jobs and arts businesses across the nation. The Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act would support artists, entrepreneurs, and workers in growing their... Read More »