DEARBORN, MI – Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Haley Stevens (D-MI), and Tim Walberg (R-MI) joined Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Director Paul Ajegba, Wayne County Mayors and public safety officials, railroad representatives, and local business leaders to discuss the urgent need to work together to face significant challenges at a number of railroad crossings in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) released updates to her legislation to reduce drunk driving deaths across the country. The updated legislation, the Honoring Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate (HALT) Drunk Driving Act, will require the commercialization and standards for passive alcohol detection systems in all new cars.
In January, Dingell first announced… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) marked the 25th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to urgently pass the House-passed reauthorization.
Passed as part of the 1994 Crime Bill, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is landmark legislation responding to our nation’s crisis of domestic violence,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced a $7.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for partnership between the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan, the University of Michigan, and the American Center for Mobility (ACM). The funding will go towards the research,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) condemned the Trump Administration finalized plans to roll back protections for wetlands and clean water:
“Growing up on the river, I remember swimming in dirty water and not being able to eat the fish we caught. John Dingell drafted the Clean Water Act to protect public health and conserve natural areas for future generations.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Electronic Service for Effectiveness, Reduction of Violence, and Improved Court Efficiency (E-SERVICE) Act. The legislation updates how survivors of domestic violence can obtain protection orders by establishing a pilot program grant to explore the electronic service of protection… Read more »
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), Gun Violence Survivor and Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, along with Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Gwen Moore (WI-4) led 37 of their colleagues in introducing a resolution recognizing the intersection between misogyny, violence against women, and gun violence. The Members introduced the resolution in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) today hailed the House vote approving two bills that block new offshore drilling on the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, as well as in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. The legislation comes after President Trump’s vow to open new leasing in vulnerable American waters, which his administration has pursued despite offshore drilling’s poor… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) joined the House Oversight and Reform Committee for a hearing on clean up and corporate accountability for PFAS contamination across the country.
Video of Dingell’s questioning is available here.
“It has been firmly established that PFAS is a health risk and is linked to liver disease, thyroid dysfunction and several forms of cancer,”… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), David Trone (D-MD), and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced the Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids (SPARK) Act, bipartisan legislation which would extend the free school meals program to the 400,000 children living with grandparents or in other arrangements – known as… Read more »
