Legislation proposed Thursday by most of the members of Michigan's congressional delegation would help create a new barrier to voracious Asian Carp in an Illinois waterway and call for a long-term plan for keeping the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, sponsored it in both chambers, with most of… Read more »
First term U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn), believes that traditions matter. Keeping that in mind, today she continued a decades-long tradition f celebrating Paczki Day, a Polish tradition, which is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent that was started by her husband John Dingell while he served in the same seat.
The tradition is sending out packzis made in… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) visited a Southgate based kidney dialysis center Wednesday to learn about the the care and treatment needed for patients with those medical maladies.
DaVita Southgate Dialysis Center, 14752 North Line Road, is a division of the national DaVita HealthCare Partners. The local center specializes in treating patients who are living with chronic… Read more »
Canada will pay for the construction of a U.S. customs plaza on a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor while the U.S. government finances its operations, under a deal announced Wednesday.
A Canadian public-private partnership overseeing the bridge project will pay for building the customs plazas on both sides of the border and the United States will staff, operate and maintain the… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12) took her first local project since being elected by storm. Along with the help of local elementary school students in the district she made and distributed more than 2,000 Valentine’s Day cards to local veterans.
Dingell, along with her staff, family and friends made stops at several area veteran’s hospitals to distribute the well wishes and… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) passed out homemade Valentine’s Day cards to veterans at the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System on Sunday.
After collecting cards from students in the Dearborn, Taylor and Ann Arbor school districts for two weeks, Dingell met with veterans to hand-deliver the cards and listen to their stories.
“We got over 2,000… Read more »
I'm not trying to be John Dingell. I'm Debbie Dingell." During a recent morning of shadowing the freshman representative from Michigan, I learn that this is about as philosophical as she wants to get on the complexities of inheriting a seat—and a legacy—from her husband, former Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member in the history of Capitol Hill.
Debbie Dingell is… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) is trying to help her constituents get healthcare.
With the deadline to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace coming up Sunday, Dingell is hosting a tele-townhall event Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
She will be joined by US Dept. of Health and Human Services Region 5 Director Kathleen Falk, who will take questions and discuss any issues with… Read more »
Congressional opposition to a potential foreign trade agreement in the Pacific is ballooning over the absence of a provision that would prevent member countries from engaging in a form of economic gamesmanship known as currency manipulation.
As negotiations between the 12 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership have drawn nearer to a conclusion, Democrats have resisted giving the… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, is inviting Southeastern Michigan students to create a holiday message for veterans.
Students can make homemade Valentine's Day cards for veterans in the John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.
"This Valentine's Day, we need your help on an important project to make sure our local… Read more »