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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the Senate proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “I agree with President Trump on one point – the House repeal bill is ‘mean.’ Today’s CBO score confirms that the Senate bill is just as heartless as the… Read more »

Today, on the 45th anniversary of Title IX, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Ryan Costello (PA-06) led a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos urging her to maintain Title IX guidance in K-12 schools that protects young people from sexual assault and harassment. The letter, signed by 52 Members of Congress, also urges Secretary DeVos to continue training… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after Senate Republicans released their proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “After drafting this bill in a back room, behind closed doors with no transparency, no hearings and no attempt at bipartisan negotiations, Senate Republicans finally released the text of their health care plan today.… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) along with her colleagues Reps. Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) today brought together experts in labor, academia and manufacturing for a “Future of Work, Wages, and Labor” discussion at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The event is the third in a series of discussions and town halls that are being held this year in… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after a gunman opened fire at a practice for the Congressional baseball game. “I am stunned and horrified by today’s shooting at a baseball practice for one of the few bipartisan events left on Capitol Hill where people come together as a community in the annual Congressional baseball game between… Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Dave Trott (MI-11), John Conyers (MI-13), and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) sent a letter to President Trump urging him to include strong and enforceable currency manipulation provisions in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): “American workers deserve to compete on a level playing field, and until our trade… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Tim Walberg (MI-07) to help reduce unnecessary paperwork burdens and bring down energy prices for Michigan families. H.R. 1109 amends the Federal Power Act to establish a minimum monetary threshold of $10 million before a merger or consolidation of… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement regarding former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony today before the Senate Intelligence Committee.  “Former FBI Director Comey’s testimony underscores, more urgently than ever, the need for the ongoing Special Counsel and congressional investigations to proceed fairly, thoroughly and free… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Dave Trott (MI-11) today led a bipartisan group of 32 Members of Congress in urging Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his full diplomatic and legal power to halt proposed construction of a nuclear waste storage facility near the Great Lakes. The letter, which represents the strongest bipartisan opposition to the plan yet, comes after… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on President Trump’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Accord. “President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord is stunning. In walking away from one of the most important international agreements of the last… Read more »