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Dingell Convenes Community, Seniors, Advocates to Commit to Protecting Social Security on its 90th Anniversary

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today convened senior advocates, local elected officials, and other community members at the Ypsilanti Township Community Center to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Social Security and recommit to protecting and expanding it. “For 90 years, Social Security has been a part of the fabric of who America is and how we care for our seniors. But it’s…

Dingell Announces More Than $37.2 Million in HHS Grants for the University of Michigan

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive $37,206,192 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry, aging, neurological disorders, mental health, allergy immunology, and other areas. “Supporting…

Dingell Announces $5.9 Million in NSF Grants for the University of Michigan

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $5,976,313 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a wide range of research initiatives. The funding will advance work in critical areas including nonlinear wave theory, generative modeling for molecular discovery, optimization and…

Dingell Requests Answers Again From FAA About Landing System Safety Concerns at DTW

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford requesting answers about serious safety concerns surrounding the use of the Instrument Landing System Yankee (ILS‑Y) approach at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). This follows a letter sent by Dingell on December 5, 2024, regarding the same…

Dingell Requests Answers from EGLE About Concerns Over Spreading Gelman Plume

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy expressing concern and requesting answers about new detections of dioxane spreading from the Gelman plume.  “Recent sampling by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the Washtenaw County Health Department (WCHD) raises concern…

Dingell, Grothman Reintroduce Bipartisan Dillon’s Law

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) have reintroduced Dillon’s Law, a bipartisan bill that incentivizes states to empower “good Samaritans” to save lives in critical moments. The legislation encourages trained individuals to administer epinephrine in schools during emergencies. Currently, the administration of this medication is limited solely to…

Dingell, Huizenga, Walberg Bill to Modernize Fishery Management Passes House

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The House of Representatives today passed the Great Lakes Mass Marking Act, led by Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Bill Huizenga (MI-04), co-chairs of the Great Lakes Task Force, and Tim Walberg (MI-05), member of the Great Lakes Task Force. This legislation would mass mark all hatchery-produced fish. Currently, the United States tags only 9 to 11 million of the 21 million…

Dingell, Moolenaar Support Investigation of Foreign Control of Critical Mineral

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Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) released a bipartisan statement in support of the Department of Commerce’s decision to investigate whether imports of polysilicon—a key material used in solar panels and microchips—pose a national security risk. "We commend the Administration for launching a Section 232 investigation into the national security…

Dingell Demands Answers from State Department Following Israel Strike on Catholic Church in Gaza

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing deep concern and urging further action to pursue a ceasefire following a strike by the Israeli military on the only Catholic Parish in Gaza. “This strike killed civilian Najwa Abu Daoud and led to the deaths of civilians Saad Salameh and Fumayya Ayyad. It also injured Gabriel Romanelli,…

Dingell, Wasserman Schultz, Miller-Meeks, Castor, Fitzpatrick, and Harshbarger Introduce EARLY Act to Reauthorize Breast Cancer Awareness Funding

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U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) introduced legislation to reauthorize and continue funding for the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act (EARLY) Act. In the United States, the most common cancer…

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