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Dingell: War is being declared on the Great Lakes

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Dingell Statement on President Trumps FY 2018 Budget

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on President Trump’s budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018: “The budget is a statement of our values as a nation, and the blueprint President Trump released today is an egregious affront to the values I believe set this nation apart in the world.  “This proposed budget fails to recognize…

Dingell, Walberg Introduce Jessies Law to Bolster Fight Against Opioid Epidemic and Assist Recovering Addicts

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U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Tim Walberg (MI-07) today reintroduced “Jessie’s Law,” a bipartisan bill named after Michigan resident Jessie Grubb who tragically died of an opioid overdose last year. Jessie’s Law would help ensure doctors have access to a consenting patient’s prior history of addiction in order to make fully informed care and…

Dingell Statement on CBO Score of Republicans ACA Repeal Bill

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing the impact of Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).    “Today’s CBO score confirms what we already knew – that Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care…

Dingell Opposes Disastrous ACA Repeal Bill

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after voting against Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the Energy and Commerce Committee. “After more than 27 hours of straight debate in committee, it is clear that the Republican’s proposal to repeal the ACA would mean less coverage, fewer protections and higher…

Dingell Blasts ACA Repeal Bill as a Catastrophe for Seniors, Children & Working Families

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) tonight blasted Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during markup in the Energy and Commerce Committee for negatively impacting seniors, children and working families. The bill would end Medicaid expansion, known as Healthy Michigan, raise costs for seniors, and result in nearly 700,000 Michiganders losing their…

Dingell on ACA Repeal: We Will Not Go Down Without a Fight

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Today, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) is fighting for quality, affordable health care for every American in the full Energy and Commerce Committee markup of the Republican’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In her opening statement, Dingell said: “Our job is to represent the working men and women and their families of our district and to fight to…

Conyers, Kildee, Dingell & Lawrence Statement on Trump's New Muslim/Refugee Ban

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Today, President Trump issued a revised version of his original executive order drastically altering our refugee and visa system. In response, Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), Dan Kildee (MI-5), Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) issued the following joint statement:   “Some of the details of the executive order may have been repackaged, but the…

Dingell Statement on Trumps New Executive Order Banning Muslims and Refugees from Entering the US

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on President Trump’s new executive order seeking to reinstate his ban preventing Muslims and refugees from entering the United States.  “Today’s executive order is simply an attempt to repackage the administration’s harmful and unconstitutional ban on Muslims and refugees. While the…

Dingell Statement on Reports that Attorney General Sessions Lied Under Oath

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the statement below following reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearings about his communications with Russian officials. “If these reports are true, Attorney General Sessions should resign immediately. Every day, we learn more troubling information about the Trump…

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