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A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is worried that proposed rule of origin standards on autos in a Pacific trade deal will hurt the U.S. industry. Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Thursday led a bipartisan group of 20 Democrats and one Republican — all who opposed fast-track authority for President Obama — calling on top U.S. trade officials to… Read more »

Among the most baffling failures in gun policy—and there are many—is the fact that some victims of domestic violence don’t get the same protections from their abusers as others. Under current law, people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence are only banned from owning guns if they are married to, have children with, or live with their victims. (That’s if… Read more »

The Department of Homeland Security designated Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months due to the ongoing armed conflict within that country. The designation, announced on Wednesday, grants Yemenis who are on temporary basis in the United States the right to stay and apply for work authorization after their visas expire. However, it does not open a path to citizenship or… Read more »

In honor of National Startup Day, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and Ann Arbor SPARK hosted a conversation with local companies on the current climate for startups in Ann Arbor. Speaking to the non-profit economic development organization Wednesday, Dingell highlighted what she described as an increasingly open atmosphere for new businesses. “The world has changed,”… Read more »

Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate electronic cigarettes just as normal cigarettes are after a Wyandotte man was severely injured when a vapor pen exploded as he smoked it. Dingell told WWJ/CBS Detroit questions remain unanswered about the safety of e-cigarettes and vapor pens, which deliver doses of nicotine or… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell this week wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry urging U.S. assistance with the public health emergency in Yemen, where an outbreak of dengue fever has infected as many as 3,000 people. Dingell, whose district includes a large Yemeni-American community, said many constituents are reporting that family members in Yemen suffering from dengue fever have no access… Read more »

When Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell discuses environmental issues, she walks a fine line. On one side, the Democrat heaps praise on the legacy of her husband, former Rep. John Dingell (D), a conservationist who played a major role on several of the country's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and National Environmental Policy Act, during his nearly 60 years in the… Read more »

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 »