Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s action granting Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to approximately 11,500 Lebanese nationals who meet the eligibility standards to remain in the United States for the specified term of 18 months and to apply for work authorization.
“Michigan is home to many Lebanese Americans who continue to… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution commemorating the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act on the 34th anniversary of its signing into law. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced a companion resolution in the Senate.
“For 34 years, the Americans with… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today released the following statement on the news that Evan Gershkovich was found guilty of espionage by a Russian court.
"I strongly condemn the Russian conviction of Evan Gershkovich and reaffirm my commitment to the release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Both men have been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia for too long and have… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan in Ann Arbor will receive $100,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program to help children eat more tasty, nutritious foods in school, while supporting farmers and producers in the community.
"Our children are the future of our country… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Dan Kildee (MI-08), along with 26 of their House colleagues, today sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging for the designation of Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to protect Lebanese nationals in the United States and permit those affected by the ongoing crises in… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell today thanked the Biden Administration for investing $1.7 billion in American auto manufacturing through the Domestic Manufacturing Auto Conversion Grants program, a provision Dingell authored and included in the Inflation Reduction Act. This funding will support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), along with the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced Ann Arbor will receive $25,000,000 to buy new hydrogen fuel cell and low-emission diesel-electric hybrid buses to replace older diesel buses and a mobile hydrogen station. This project, made possible with funding from the… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today released the following statement in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement it will extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen for 18 months.
“Yemeni Americans and their families have been suffering for nearly 10 years under a war that has killed more than 377,000 people, and has… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Haley Stevens (MI-11) today sent a letter to Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Richard Spinrad requesting insight into why no warning was issued ahead of the tornado in Livonia on June 5 that killed a child and injured his mother.
“We are writing to express our deep concern… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Mark Pocan (WI-02), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) today sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen.
Continued armed conflict, the end of a United Nations-brokered ceasefire on October 3,… Read more »
