Congresswoman Debbie Dingell released the following statement in response to the news US Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich have been released from custody in Russia.
“I’m incredibly thankful and relieved to learn that after years of wrongful imprisonment, both Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich are in American custody and on their way home.… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti will receive $2,840,325 from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for an electric vehicle charging and interoperability test bed for scaling electric vehicles.
"The future of transportation is electric, but we will… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the death of Alma Powell.
“Alma Powell was a close friend who with strength, compassion, dignity, and respect made a difference in so many people’s lives. She was a rock of a friend for four decades. Perhaps one of the best examples I remember, when going through a personally challenging time, she… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s action granting Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to approximately 11,500 Lebanese nationals who meet the eligibility standards to remain in the United States for the specified term of 18 months and to apply for work authorization.
“Michigan is home to many Lebanese Americans who continue to… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution commemorating the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act on the 34th anniversary of its signing into law. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced a companion resolution in the Senate.
“For 34 years, the Americans with… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today released the following statement on the news that Evan Gershkovich was found guilty of espionage by a Russian court.
"I strongly condemn the Russian conviction of Evan Gershkovich and reaffirm my commitment to the release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Both men have been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia for too long and have… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan in Ann Arbor will receive $100,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program to help children eat more tasty, nutritious foods in school, while supporting farmers and producers in the community.
"Our children are the future of our country… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Dan Kildee (MI-08), along with 26 of their House colleagues, today sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging for the designation of Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to protect Lebanese nationals in the United States and permit those affected by the ongoing crises in… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell today thanked the Biden Administration for investing $1.7 billion in American auto manufacturing through the Domestic Manufacturing Auto Conversion Grants program, a provision Dingell authored and included in the Inflation Reduction Act. This funding will support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), along with the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced Ann Arbor will receive $25,000,000 to buy new hydrogen fuel cell and low-emission diesel-electric hybrid buses to replace older diesel buses and a mobile hydrogen station. This project, made possible with funding from the… Read more »
