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 »
Michigan – Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) issued the following statement ahead of the anti-Muslim events scheduled to take place at Bloomfield Baptist Church:
“There is no place for hate in Metro Detroit, in Michigan or anywhere in the United States. We implore the Bloomfield Baptist Church to forgo the anti-Muslim events planned for next… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) released the following statement on automaker-led voluntary commitment to add rear seat reminder systems to new vehicles. These innovations will help parents and caregivers remember to check the back seat to reduce hot car deaths:
“This summer has witnessed far too many children dying in the back seats of hot cars. No family… Read more »
YPSILANTI, MI – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), State Representative Donna Lasinksi, Yousef Rabhi, Ronnie Peterson, and State Senator Jeff Irwin held a town hall event to discuss PFAS contamination and federal, state, and local efforts to clean up the hazardous substances and set one standard. The elected officials were joined by Brian Steglitz, city of Ann Arbor water treatment… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) joined leaders of the Komen Foundation Detroit Chapter for a tour and discussion at the Beaumont Dearborn Breast Cancer Center. The tour gave Dingell and Komen Foundation leaders the opportunity to discuss and witness first hand efforts underway to ensure screenings and mammograms are made accessible and affordable to all… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) continued to express concerns about the closing of the Grosse Ile EPA station. Dingell continued to press the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with concerns about the closure of the station on Grosse Ile and the critical work being done by EPA employees at the site. She also asked EPA to provide an update to Grosse Ile… Read more »
