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Dingell, Castor Introduce Legislation to Invest in Domestic Solar Manufacturing

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Kathy Castor (FL-14) today reintroduced the Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act to invest in domestic manufacturing of solar energy technology. According to the International Energy Agency, China is responsible for 80% of all solar manufacturing, a number that is projected to rise in coming years.   “Expanding our domestic solar energy…

Dingell: If U.S. is going to stay at forefront, we must pass bipartisan federal AV framework

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today spoke at an Energy and Commerce Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, "Self-Driving Vehicle Legislative Framework: Enhancing Safety, Improving Lives and Mobility, and Beating China,” discussing both Dingell’s and Rep. Bob Latta’s (R-OH) draft proposals for a bipartisan federal autonomous vehicle…

Dingell Introduces Bipartisan Resolution Commemorating Americans with Disabilities Act

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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 33rd anniversary of its signing into law. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced a companion resolution in the Senate. “For 33 years, the Americans with…

Dingell Announces More Than $8.4 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 $8,441,457 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including Biological Response to Environmental Health Hazards, Mental Health, Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, Oral Diseases and Disorders,…

Dingell, Tlaib, Lofgren, Lead 35 Colleagues in Urging Lebanon TPS Designation

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), along with 35 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…

Dingell Leads Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Remove PFAS from Firefighter Gear

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) along with Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today introduced the bipartisan Protecting Firefighters and Advancing State-of-the-Art Alternatives Act (PFAS Alternatives Act), to support development of…

Dingell, Walberg, Latta, Veasey Urge Administration to Investigate and Limit Chinese Autonomous Vehicle Operations in U.S.

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bob Latta (R-OH), and Marc Veasey (D-TX) led a bipartisan letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urging the Administration to investigate and limit the operations of autonomous vehicles made by Chinese companies in the United States, as a matter of…

Dingell, Tlaib Statement on VA Inspector General Review of Leadership at John D. Dingell Detroit VA Medical Center

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement in response to the report by the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General on leadership at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit. The report comes at the request of Reps. Dingell and Tlaib, who initially raised concerns with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough in…

Dingell, Joyce Introduce SIREN Reauthorization Act to Support EMS Agencies in Rural Communities

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and David Joyce (R-OH) introduced the bipartisan Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Reauthorization Act to extend funding through fiscal year (FY) 2028 for SIREN Act grants to rural fire and EMS agencies nationwide. The funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) goes toward supporting rural EMS…

Dingell, Fitzpatrick Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging CMS to Expand Coverage for Power Wheelchair Technology

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging CMS to open a National Coverage Determination to expand its coverage for power wheelchairs to include standing systems, which allow users to transition…

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