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Dingell to Kick off Facebook Boost Your Business Workshop for Ann Arbor Women-Owned Small Businesses

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As part of Women’s History Month, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) will join Facebook on Monday, March 28, at 9:30 a.m. for a Boost Your Business seminar in Ann Arbor. The seminar is free to the public and aims to provide local women small business owners with the most up-to-date tools, insights and best practices for optimizing their presence and engaging customers on the…

Dingell Statement on Terror Attack in Brussels

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on the terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium. “My heart breaks at the tragic news from Brussels, Belgium where at least three explosions during rush hour have left more than 30 dead and over 200 wounded. All of America stands united with our friends in Belgium, all of Europe and the world in denouncing terrorism…

Dingell & Miller Welcome Original Rosies to DC

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Today, as part of Women’s History Month, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Candice Miller (MI-10) welcomed to Washington, D.C. an Honor Flight of Original “Rosie the Riveters,” women who worked the factories during World War II, producing munitions and war supplies critical to an Allied victory. “It was a tremendous honor to be able to welcome dozens…

Dingell Fights for Flint Families in Budget Markup

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), a member of the House Budget Committee, today asked her colleagues to take one nonpartisan vote to meet a moral obligation to the people of Flint. She called on members of the committee to support an amendment she offered to the FY2017 budget resolution that would designate $457.5 million in emergency funding for Flint in 2016 to address the ongoing…

Dingell Statement on Presidents Nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to US Supreme Court

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of federal appeals court Chief Judge Merrick Garland as the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. “Today, the President fulfilled his constitutional duty to nominate a justice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Judge Merrick Garland has more federal…

Dingell Applauds Proposal for Stricter Dioxane Cleanup Standards

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement regarding the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s long-overdue proposal to strengthen the state’s cleanup standards for 1,4-dioxane. Last month, Dingell sent a letter to MDEQ Director Keith Creagh urging the state to finalize stricter standards to help accelerate cleanup of a dioxane plume that…

Dingell & Miller: State Department Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposed Use of Pipelines Under St. Clair River

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U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) today announced that the State Department has agreed to reopen the public comment period for the proposed use of pipelines under the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers for an additional 30 days. Earlier this month, Dingell and Miller wrote a letter to Secretary John Kerry urging him to allow time for…

Dingell Meets with Canadian Prime Minister to Discuss National Security, Trade

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington as part of a six-member delegation meeting led by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. In the meeting, Dingell raised issues of national security and trade and thanked Trudeau for his support of the Gordie How International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor and his early work to delay…

Miller, Dingell Request Extended Comment Period for Proposed Use of Pipelines Under St. Clair and Detroit Rivers

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Today, U.S. Representatives Candice Miller (MI-10) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to Secretary Kerry urging him to extend the public comment period for Plains LPG Services’ proposed use of pipelines under the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, which supply drinking water to millions who rely on them and other water intakes along the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair.…

Dingell Welcomes Downriver Native as New Staff Member in DC Office

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that Mike Klotz, an Allen Park native and graduate of Eastern Michigan University, will join the staff in her Washington, D.C. office as a Legislative Assistant. Klotz joins the Dingell team after working at the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Department of Energy. “We are thrilled to welcome Mike to our team,” said Dingell.…

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