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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) appointed Dr. Ginny Creasman to be the new director of the VA Ann Arbor Health Care System. “Ensuring our veterans receive the quality, timely health care they deserve is a top priority for all of us in southeast Michigan. Today we welcome Dr. Ginny… Read more »

With bowl season in full swing, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Jim Clyburn (SC-06) and Joe Wilson (SC-02) today wagered on whether the University of Michigan Wolverines or the University of South Carolina Gamecocks would win in Monday’s Outback Bowl Game. Dingell is wagering items from Zingerman’s Deli while Clyburn is wagering a basket of goodies from South… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government.    “Congress has once again kicked the can down the road, passing a stop-gap bill that only funds the government for one month. It does nothing to provide certainty to businesses or families, and it does nothing to address urgent, overdue… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services assessed that the state will exhaust its funding for Michigan’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by April 2018 without action by Congress. “In the past few months, families across the country have received notices that their… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on House passage of the Republican tax plan. “Working families should be at the center of any effort to update our tax code. Instead, the legislation that passed the House today leaves working Americans behind – increasing taxes for 86 million families and jeopardizing the future of Medicare and Social… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today continued a Dingell holiday tradition, releasing the 2017 edition of the Dingell jingle, set to the tune of “Winter Wonderland.” Full text of the jingle is below. House phones ring Are you listening Folks are mad But Ryan’s insisting Another tax fight! No funding bill in sight Walking in a winter blunderland … Read more »

U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) introduced H.R. 4647, the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, to help promote and enhance our nation’s conservation efforts and ensure the long-term health of fish and wildlife throughout the country. The legislation, based on a recommendation from a panel of conservation and business leaders,… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03) today led 104 House Democrats in a letter to House Leadership urging the removal of harmful provisions attached to the final spending legislation for FY 18 that would weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Representatives wrote in response to the FY 18 Interior/EPA bill, passed out of… Read more »

Today, after being pressed by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) during a hearing of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt committed to keeping the doors of the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory open in Ann Arbor. The commitment comes after the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts to… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Daniel Webster (FL-11) today introduced legislation to strengthen and evaluate emergency preparedness procedures for hospitals and long-term care facilities. The Worst-Case Scenario Hospital Preparedness Act comes in the aftermath of the 2017 hurricane season, which caused flooding and power outages at hospitals and medical facilities from… Read more »