Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive $18 million for a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) to build a campus-wide ecosystem of researchers to work on material solutions to current challenges facing society.
The new Center for Materials Innovations at Michigan will work to advance materials… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced Michigan will receive more than $1.5 billion to expand high-speed internet access to more than 200,000 Michiganders through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Funding for this program comes from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA) along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) today re-launched the bipartisan, bicameral Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus. The caucus will provide education about the challenges family caregivers face and advocate for policies that support them.
“More than half of Americans over… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) reintroduced the Defective Firearms Protection Act, a bill that would allow the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to address safety defects in firearms similarly to any other consumer product by issuing safety warnings and recalls if necessary. Currently, firearms are excluded from the definition of a consumer product, which prohibits the CPSC… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $9,667,033 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, allergy, immunology, transplantation, oral diseases and disorders, diabetes,… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $9,667,033 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including pharmacology, physiology, biological chemistry, allergy, immunology, transplantation, oral diseases and disorders, diabetes, endocrinology, metabolic,… Read more »
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 »
