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Dingell, Colleagues Urge Trump to Recognize Importance of the U.S.-Canada Relationship

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and 87 of her House colleagues are urging President Trump to change his administration’s diplomatic approach with Canada and recognize the importance of the U.S.-Canada relationship. The effort follows further fraying in the two country’s relations amid President Trump’s escalating and chaotic use of trade barriers against Canada. In a letter…

Dingell, Colleagues Introduce Bill Prohibiting Any Administration from Renaming Great Lakes

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U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Tim Kennedy (D-NY-26), and Joe Morelle (D-NY-25) introduced legislation to stop the Trump Administration from unilaterally renaming Lake Ontario and protect the official names of all five Great Lakes. The Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act was introduced in response to President Trump’s signing of an executive order seeking to change the name of…

Dingell, Lawler Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Sunscreen Access at National Parks

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U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) introduced the Sunscreen in Parks Findings Act (SPF) Act, bipartisan legislation that would direct the National Park Service (NPS) to study and report on ways to make sun protection more available in national parks at low or no cost. “This bipartisan legislation is about keeping people safe, expanding access to…

Dingell Statement on Trump’s Attempt to Rename Lake Ontario

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) released the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order attempting to rename Lake Ontario: “The Great Lakes are a shared treasure that generations of Americans and Canadians have worked together to protect. Donald Trump can sign all the executive orders he wants, but it will always be Lake Ontario. Canada is not our…

Dingell Statement on U.S.-Canada Trade War

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) released the following statement in the wake of a growing trade war between the United States and Canada: “It is a dark moment for our country when the president is more comfortable cozying up to dictators and autocrats than working together to find common ground with our closest friend and ally. Canada and the United States share the longest…

Dingell Seeks Answers on Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln Following Concerning Reports

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) requested immediate answers from Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy officials after receiving troubling reports from constituents regarding deteriorating living conditions and basic necessity shortages aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. “There have been reports of unreliable access to hot water and laundry, shortages of basic…

Dingell, Bergman Co-Lead Letter Highlighting the Essential Role of Gift of Life Michigan

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U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and Jack Bergman (R-MI-01), alongside nine of their Michigan colleagues in the U.S. House, co-led a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) highlighting the essential role of Gift of Life Michigan. Gift of Life Michigan is the federally designated non-profit Organ…

Dingell Presses United States Postal Service on Mailing Disruptions

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) is demanding answers from the United States Postal Service (USPS) following delays of time-sensitive mail deliveries across Southeast Michigan. In a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner, Congresswoman Dingell highlighted the responsibilities of the USPS to ensure deliveries are received in a timely fashion and the recent failures of the…

Dingell Calls on University of Michigan to Fully Address Residents’ Concerns About Los Alamos at Upcoming Town Hall

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) is calling on University of Michigan leadership to fully address the long-standing concerns of Ypsilanti Township residents at its upcoming town hall after it was announced that the University had selected the community as the site for the controversial Los Alamos National Laboratory data center. “Ypsilanti Township residents have not been…

Dingell Statement on Los Alamos Project Site Selection

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) released the following statement criticizing the University of Michigan’s selection of Ypsilanti Township as the site for the controversial Los Alamos National Laboratory data center: “It is deeply disturbing that the University of Michigan has chosen this site for the Los Alamos data center project despite the clear opposition of Ypsilanti…

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