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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 »

When U.S. Rep Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) decided to have local students make valentines for veterans in February, she had no idea what that would become. Read more »

Two months ago, the Mussed sisters of Dearborn and their mother traveled to Yemen for the wedding of a cousin. Like many in metro Detroit's Yemeni-American communities, they liked to visit family and friends in the Middle Eastern country where thousands in Michigan have roots. But this year, the four U.S. citizens found themselves caught in the middle of a conflict that intensified… Read more »

The House passed a nearly $612 billion defense policy bill Friday despite President Barack Obama's veto threat and Democratic worries that the measure opens the door to sharp cuts in domestic spending later this year. The vote was 269-151 for the bill, which maps next year's military and national security programs. It would also preserve for another year the… Read more »