TRENTON, MI – Tonight, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) convened a town hall meeting to provide a forum for community members to hear from experts on environmental issues impacting the Downriver communities.
The discussion included many issues affecting quality of air, water, and soil, as well as Superfund sites Downriver.
“Downriver is a thriving community that has it all: natural… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) today sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging the administration to immediately restore all U.S. funding for humanitarian aid in Gaza, including United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) funding. The letter also urges an… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) voted to remove the deadline and finally allow the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA would specify in the Constitution that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on the account of sex.”
In 1972, Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Detroit News published an article highlighting the impacts to the supply chain of American automotive firms due to the temporary closure of Chinese factories to contain the spread of the coronavirus, U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, MI-06, and Debbie Dingell, MI-12, sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Director of the National… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) led the introduction of a resolution opposing changes proposed by the Trump Administration to make significant rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The resolution is co-sponsored by House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) called on Congress to act to prevent another lead drinking water crisis like what happened in Flint, Michigan. During a subcommittee hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper rule proposal, Dingell called the EPA’s proposal insufficient to make meaningful improvements to replacing infrastructure in order to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) highlighted jobs and innovation happening in Southeast Michigan during a Congressional hearing about autonomous vehicles (AVs). She also noted the urgent need for Congress to pass legislation to facilitate the safe deployment of AV’s this year so the United States can remain on the cutting edge of innovation and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) released the following statement after the President released a budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 that would drastically cut spending for Medicare, Medicaid, and other domestic programs.
“The President’s proposed budget takes our country in the wrong direction. What he has proposed is a real threat to the health and economic… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) stood up for workers’ rights and voted for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act which protects the basic right for workers to join a union.
Dingell is a cosponsor of the PRO Act, the most significant upgrade to U.S. labor law in 80 years. It is a direct response to the struggle that many hardworking families are facing… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) voted to keep Medicaid coverage strong for the millions of American seniors, children, and disabled who rely on the program for quality, affordable healthcare coverage.
The House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing the Trump Administration’s recent proposed actions to slash the funding states receive to administer… Read more »
