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FOX NEWS: Teenage cancer patient's final fight becomes law as House passes landmark pediatric bill A teenage girl who spent her final years advocating for young people battling cancer is forever memorialized in history, thanks to a key bill passed by the House of Representatives. Mikaela Naylon was just 16 when she died five years after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a… Read more »

DETROIT NEWS: Michigan gets $920M to expand high-speed internet to underserved areas Michigan has been awarded $920 million in federal funding to carry out the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program and boost high-speed internet access to unserved areas of the state. This funding, announced this week by the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, is meant to… Read more »

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell joined MS Now’s Weekend Primetime to discuss health insurance and affordability. Watch here. Read more »

MICHIGAN NEWS SOURCE: Lawmakers to Cast a $500 Million Line to Save Great Lakes Whitefish Michigan lawmakers are planning to push for a $500 million federal investment to fight invasive mussels that are gutting the Great Lakes’ food chain and putting the state’s iconic whitefish on the brink of collapse. The future proposal, dubbed “Save Great Lakes Fish Act of 2025,” would direct… Read more »

WEMU: Dingell joins most Democrats voting against bill to end government shutdown 6th District Congresswoman Debbie Dingell was a “no” vote Wednesday night on the spending bill that reopened the federal government. The Ann Arbor Democrat says there’s an ongoing health care crisis in this country. Dingell says her party tried for weeks to get Republicans to come to the table and work… Read more »

MLIVE: Rising health care premiums a concern as Whitmer, Dingell visit hospital near Ann Arbor U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with Ann Arbor-area hospital leaders and doctors Friday to discuss concerns about rising health care costs and cuts to federal health care spending. A top concern: Americans have begun receiving their premiums for next year and… Read more »

Michigan Advance: Dingell leads Michigan Dems urging GOP to restore health care tax credits, warns of spiraling costs Ahead of Saturday’s start of the open enrollment period for health care under the Affordable Care Act, Michigan’s Congressional Democrats are calling on their Republican colleagues to work to restore the Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire.   Those tax… Read more »

The Hill: Lawmakers anxious to advance breast cancer bill — when shutdown ends Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) agreed Wednesday that the government shutdown — whoever is to blame — is halting their potential progress on a bipartisan bill seeking to bridge financial gaps around breast cancer detection. “We’re not doing work on bills that should be getting… Read more »

CBS Detroit: Lawmakers urge Corewell Health reconsider closing labor and delivery unit at Wayne Hospital Corewell Health is responding to pressure from Michigan lawmakers over plans to close its labor and delivery unit at Wayne Hospital.  Michigan Democratic Congresswomen Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib sent a letter Monday to Corewell Health Southeast President Lamont Yoder,… Read more »

WEMU: Rep. Dingell continues to fight for local funding during federal shutdown Funding for federal employees and programs in Washtenaw County remains in limbo as the government continues to be shut down. The federal shutdown has been impacting local housing agencies, environmental efforts, and health care services. Debbie Dingell is the Democratic Congresswoman representing the 6th… Read more »