WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell led a letter with 68 other bipartisan Members of Congress to Conference Committee members for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Defense Authorization Act urging them to include strong cleanup provisions that will safeguard the public and our environment from harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemical contamination. Signers of the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) gave a speech on the House floor in support of the United Auto Workers on strike for an increase in wages, benefits, job security, and access to healthcare.
Video of her floor speech is available here.
Dingell’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below:
“Mr. Speaker: For the last month, my brothers and sisters in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup on H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act. This landmark legislation would drastically change and transform the price rate pharmaceutical companies can provide for prescription medication.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found that drug negotiations alone from this transformative legislation will… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a legislative hearing on Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)’s Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA). RAWA has broad support of conservation and sportsmen’s leaders. This bipartisan legislation would help promote and enhance our nation’s conservation efforts, and ensure the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed legislation by Congresswomen Lucy McBath (GA-06) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) to make hearing devices more accessible for Medicare beneficiaries. The Medicare Hearing Act of 2019 provides coverage for hearing aids and services for seniors under Part B of the Medicare program. Medicare does not currently cover hearing… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) invites local students to participate in the Sending Smiles to Vets program by making Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas cards for local veterans. Since the Sending Smiles to Vets program was launched in 2015, students across southeast Michigan have pitched in to make thousands of cards thanking veterans for their service.
“The… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mike Green urging full assistance from the US government to combat the devastating wildfires in Lebanon.
“The fires have caused irreparable damage to Lebanon’s nature as well as its residents, including… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell released the following statement after House passage of H.J.Res 77, a resolution opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria.
“Once again, President Trump’s lack of a clear strategy in the Middle East is harming American interests abroad.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, Congressman John Sarbanes, and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell released a statement on H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, in advance of the Committee’s markup of the legislation:
“Today, we are announcing our endorsement of H.R. 3, a pillar of… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Today, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Betty McCollum (DFL-MN) – Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment – met with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) affected by the recent closure of the Large Lakes Research Station office on Grosse Ile.
The lawmakers and… Read more »
