Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced the End Price Gouging for Medications Act. The high cost of drugs forces many Americans to face an impossible choice between managing their health or putting food on the table. This bicameral bill would ensure that Americans would not be paying more for prescription drugs… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to the news of the new leadership at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit.
“My job is to ensure that all veterans in Michigan’s sixth district and southeast Michigan being treated at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center are getting the best care possible. I thank the… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today applauded the House passage of H. Res. 272, calling on Russia to immediately release Paul Whelan, who has been detained in Russia since 2018. Dingell co-led the resolution with Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11), and represents Novi, where Whelan lived before being detained, and Manchester, where Whelan’s family… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Terri Sewell (D-AL), along with U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) today reintroduced legislation that will ensure patients maintain access to home infusion therapy. The Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act protects access to Medicare’s home infusion benefit by making… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Kathy Castor (FL-14) led 18 other members of the House in sending letters to social media companies requesting information regarding their platforms, algorithms, and steps they take to mitigate harms to children online. The letters to Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Youtube, Twitter, and Twitch, come in the wake of an advisory released… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $5,990,779 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, immunology, heart and vascular diseases, and mental health, as well as… Read more »
OTTOWA – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), co-chair of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives, today testified before the Canadian House of Commons about the importance of resuming normal operations for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Since its adoption in 1954, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has been instrumental in addressing shared,… Read more »
Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), co-chair of the Congressional Cancer Prevention Caucus, Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Colin Allred (D-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to make breast cancer diagnostic tests more affordable and accessible to women by eliminating copays and additional out-of-pocket expenses. The Access to Breast… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and David Joyce (R-OH), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Great Lakes Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives, along with Representatives Lisa McClain (R-MI), Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), and Mike Gallagher (R-WI), today led a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging Canada to address the… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced today that the University of Michigan’s Sequestration Squad was awarded first place in the first-annual American-Made Carbon Management Collegiate Competition.
The competition challenged students to help shape the future of carbon management by proposing regional carbon networks capable of transporting at least one million metric tons… Read more »
