Today Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) led 75 of their colleagues in calling for increased federal funding to help low-income families pay for heating, cooling, and water bills during the coronavirus pandemic. The Members requested a minimum of $4.3 billion in supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced the federal government’s timeline for issuing direct stimulus payments to individuals. The direct payments were passed by Congress as part of the third coronavirus response bill, the Coronavirus Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act provides payments of up to $1,200 per adult and $500 per child. Individuals ma... Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - After speaking with Border Protection officers from the US-Canada border, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is calling on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership to take all necessary measures to protect the health and safety of the workers immediately. Dingell received confidential complaints that since CBP has ended the flexible leave scheduling program, most CBP officers... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), the lead sponsors of H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019, today wrote to President Donald Trump requesting a virtual meeting to discuss proposals for immediately expanding health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans. The lawmakers’ letter follows comments made by the President during yesterday’s Wh... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) pressed House Leadership to include resources to protect residents facing high water bills and water shutoff as Congress considers a fourth response package to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Dingell and Tlaib’s letter follows their letter on March 25 which was signed by 80 Members of Congress urging th... Read more »
DETROIT—Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske calling on the agency to safeguard the health and wellbeing of TSA employees at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) during the COVID—19 crisis, as well as answer a series of questions about its response plan going forwa... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) released the following statement after the Trump Administration released their final rule on fuel economy regulations: “This proposal takes us in the wrong direction for every key metric for this industry, and causes serious and detrimental harm to an industry that needs certainty. The Administration’s inability to work with all stakehold... Read more »
ECORSE, MI - After receiving several complaints from workers at the Great Lakes Works facility in Ecorse, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) are calling on US Steel to take all necessary measures to protect the health and safety of the workers immediately. Dingell and Tlaib received confidential complaints about unsafe working conditions at the plant, including a lack o... Read more »
YPSILANTI, MI – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) issued the following statement after Ford Motor Company, UAW, General Electric (GE), and Airon announced a partnership for the production of critically-needed ventilators at Rawsonville plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan: “This is a welcome announcement. Rawsonville plant in Ypsilanti – home to the original Rosie the Riveters – will once again j... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – To mark the fifth anniversary of the Yemen war, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) issued a joint statement calling for renewed action to address the humanitarian situation in Yemen and to end the military conflict that has cost thousands of lives: “During an unprecedented global health crisis, the war in Yemen continues to cause a catastrophic humanitari... Read more »
