Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and Keith Ellison (MN-5), Co-Chairs of the Medicare For All Congressional Caucus released the following statement in response to President Trump’s Op-Ed on Medicare For All:
“President Trump’s Op-Ed is littered with falsehoods and misleading statements. He lied to the American people countless times on… Read more »
Today, President Trump signed a bipartisan bill Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) led through committee and the House that bans the practice of prohibiting pharmacists from telling patients when less-expensive options to pay for prescription drugs may be available.
“The cost of prescription drugs keeps going up while hard-working men and women are feeling the squeeze,”… Read more »
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.
“These… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) issued the following statement in celebration of National Manufacturing Day:
“Manufacturing is the heart and soul of who we are in Michigan and continues to be the backbone of the American economy. The hard-working men and women in manufacturing have helped transform this country. Manufacturers in the US perform more than three… Read more »
In an effort to crack down on robocalls and scammers, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) introduced legislation to give the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the tools it needs to combat annoying and sometimes malicious and harmful calls that target the vulnerable including seniors.
Last year the FTC received 4.8 million consumer complaints about robocalls, and that number continues to… Read more »
On Friday, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1109, bipartisan legislation authored by Representatives Tim Walberg (MI-07) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) to help streamline the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) review process. This commonsense bill will allow FERC to focus on its mission of affordable and reliable energy.
“I am pleased our legislation to reduce… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center with questions about on the use and sharing of patient medical data with Paige.AI, a computational pathology and medical artificial intelligence start-up, which has exclusive rights to use MSK’s library of 25 million pathology slides.
Reporting from the New York Times and… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed another tax cut for the wealthy that leaves behind working men and women in Michigan and across the country and could add $3 trillion more to the US Debt:
“Hard-working men and women deserve better than another tax plan that leaves them behind, increases the… Read more »
– Today, the House of Representatives passed a package of bipartisan bills to address the opioid epidemic, including bills introduced by U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12). Three the bipartisan bills, the Advancing Cutting-Edge (ACE) Research Act, Jessie’s Law, the Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act, and the Opioid Screening and Chronic Pain… Read more »
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI)— both members of the bipartisan Joint Select Committee tasked with solving the nationwide multiemployer pension plan crisis— today submitted thousands of personal stories penned by workers and retirees whose families would be devastated by the sudden loss or reduction of their pensions. The… Read more »
