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Press & Guide: Congresswoman shares morning with Dearborn Heights students, reading 'House Mouse, Senate Mouse'

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Tags: Education

In honor of National Reading Month, on Tuesday morning, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) read “House Mouse, Senate Mouse” to Bedford Elementary School kindergarteners and first-graders. As she read, she talked with the students about government, bullying, civil rights, and veterans. Dingell may have visited to entertain the students with the story of…

MLive: Michigan Democrats push childcare tax credits as part of 'Economic Agenda for Families'

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Democratic lawmakers will be working at the state and federal level to promote policies for affordable childcare and paid sick leave. "Women play an expanded role in Michigan's workforce, in businesses large and small and in our homes," said U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn at a press conference in Lansing on Wednesday. At the state level, Democrats have introduced legislation…

MLive: Michigan Democrats push childcare tax credits as part of 'Economic Agenda for Families'

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Democratic lawmakers will be working at the state and federal level to promote policies for affordable childcare and paid sick leave. "Women play an expanded role in Michigan's workforce, in businesses large and small and in our homes," said U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn at a press conference in Lansing on Wednesday. At the state level, Democrats have introduced legislation…

Dingell launches Sending Smiles to Vets program

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Tags: Veterans

Freshman U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) is expanding a program she started for Valentine’s Day into a year round tradition. In February she launched “Valentines for Veterans,” where she teamed up with local elementary students, and others from the district to bring cheer to local veterans. That program was so popular that she’s now expanding the…

9 & 10 News: Plans call for year-round effort to create art for veterans

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Tags: Veterans

Efforts are taking place to start a year-round program to encourage students to create artwork for veterans. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says the first "Sending Smiles to Vets" delivery will take place around the St. Patrick's Day holiday. The Michigan Democrat says she plans to work with the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs hospital, the VA hospital in Detroit and other veteran…

Detroit Free Press: Asian carp control bill proposed in Congress

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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…

The Dearborn Press and Guide: Dingell continues Fat Tuesday celebration started by her husband

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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…

The News-Herald:Rep. Dingell visits DaVita Southgate Dialysis Center to learn about kidney patients

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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…

The Detroit News: Canada to pay for bridge customs plaza, U.S. to operate

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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…

The News-Herald: Dingell delivers thousands of handmade Valentines to local veterans

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Tags: Veterans

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…

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