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Rep. Debbie Dingell and labor leaders throughout southeast Michigan today urged their members to urge their congressmen and women to vote against granting President Barack Obama fast track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Read more »

Michigan’s congressional delegation is divided on a major trade deal before the House this week. Read more »

Another free trade agreement is in the works, and the fight over this one could be the most bruising of all. Inking a free trade bill with Japan and 10 other countries would be a major legacy achievement for President Obama, but he’s facing opposition from within his own party on the fast-track authority he needs to get the deal done. Read more »

Washington — House lawmakers on Monday rejected an attempt by Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell of Dearborn to preserve requirements for environmental analysis under proposed changes to federal fishing laws. Read more »

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today commented on the need for transportation solutions at the state and federal level following a panel discussion at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Read more »

On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) announced a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to support the Downriver Community Conference’s brownfield redevelopment program. Read more »

Mackinac Island — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell says state lawmakers lack the fortitude to reach a solution on how to pay for repairing Michigan’s crumbling roads. Read more »

The federal Economic Development Administration has awarded a $247,000 grant for the creation of a research center at the former Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti Township. Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell today announced that Ecovia Renewables LLC has been awarded $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The funding will go towards engineering microbial systems that convert the byproducts of industrial crops into valuable materials, such as plastics, in an eco-friendly manner. Read more »

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says the Interior Department may be breaking the law as it develops the forthcoming stream protection rule. He was referring to the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement's decision not to share new documents on the regulation with cooperating states. Mining companies, states and pro-coal lawmakers, many of them skeptical of the proposal, see… Read more »