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Dingell Announces University of Michigan Graduate Student Recognized by Department of Energy

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected a student from the University of Michigan as one of 60 graduate students representing 26 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2023 Solicitation 1 cycle. Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and…

Dingell Shares Update from EPA on Arkema Site Cleanup

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today shared an update from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore on the status of cleanup efforts at the Arkema Inc. property in Wyandotte and Riverview. The update comes in response to an August letter Rep. Dingell sent to the agency, prompted by community concerns about the site.   “The prolonged clean-up…

Dingell Statement on House Passage of Continuing Resolution

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the House passage of a 45-day continuing resolution.   “Today the House did what was right for the country by voting on a temporary measure to keep the government open. The way it was done was not perfect - we were given a 71-page bill with limited time to review and vote. But I made a promise to the people I…

Dingell, Valadao, Fitzpatrick, and Blunt Rochester Reintroduce Bipartisan Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and David Valadao (R-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus, along with Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) reintroduced the Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act, legislation that would expand federal, state, and local efforts to improve care for individuals with asthma.   According to the Centers…

Dingell Statement on Impending Government Shutdown

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the impending government shutdown.   “It is wrong to allow the government to shut down. This is not the way we should be running our government. It’s inefficient, it’s ineffective, and it’s going to hurt working Americans. I always remind people that when we talk about a government shutdown, we need to…

Dingell, DeSaulnier Introduce Bill to Expand Access to Augmentative and Alternative Communication

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), co-chair of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, and Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) introduced the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers to Establish National Training (AACCENT) Act, to expand access to augmentative and alternative communication for Americans across the country. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) includes any…

Dingell Announces Nearly $7 Million for the University of Michigan for Outbreak Response and Disease Modeling

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive $6,992,210 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to work with the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) as a part of the nation’s first national network for outbreak response and disease modeling. This funding will be used to focus on integrating promising…

Dingell Statement on UAW Strike of Big Three Automakers

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on President Shawn Fain’s announcement the UAW plans to strike all three major automakers.    “I have said many times these are the most important negotiations I have witnessed in my lifetime. The industry is at a crossroads and its future is at stake. We must manufacture these vehicles here in America to…

Dingell, Pallone Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Medicaid and CHIP, Provide Continuous Coverage for Enrollees

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today introduced the Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act to provide 12-months of continuous coverage for individuals receiving health care through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Currently, millions of Medicaid and…

Dingell Announces More Than $17.6 Million in HHS Grants for the University of Michigan

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $17,646,985 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including de-implementation of low-value testing in patients undergoing low-risk surgery, aging, pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry, lung…

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