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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) announced today $16,332,000 in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help Dearborn recover from severe storms and flooding in June 2021 and build… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released thefollowing statement on the twelfth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “For 12 years, the Affordable Care Act significantly lowered healthcare costs for individuals, students, families, and seniors… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today commemorated 50 years since Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment by renewing her call to finally enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the U.S. Constitution. “Since the founding of our nation, women have not been extended the protections of men enshrined in the U.S. Constitution,” said Dingell. “Today, women… Read more »

Dearborn, MI - Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Don Young. “We lost one of our heroes today. Don Young and John Dingell were friends for half a century. Whether they were hunting together before Don came to Congress or debating policies in their offices, they knew there was a lot more that brought them together than… Read more »

Washington, DC– Today, Reps Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Bill Posey (R-FL), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduced H.R. 2605, the Prevent Release of Toxic Emissions, Contamination and Transfer (PROTECT) Act, a bill that would direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to add PFAS chemicals to the list of hazardous air pollutants… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement after attending President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Congress. “With courage and clarity, President Zelensky today delivered a stark, urgent message to Congress and the American people that Ukraine needs our support for its survival and to defend its sovereignty. Beyond his remarks,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) led a group of seventeen Members in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan applauding the agency’s recently released Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities. The EPA’s Lead Strategy centers around… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement after attending White House event commemorating the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) with President Joe Biden: “Today, I was proud to join President Joe Biden at the White House to commemorate the long-overdue reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act,” said… Read more »

Washington, D.C.  - Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (R-DE) introduced 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 for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 25… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today release the following statement applauding passage of legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act(VAWA). The VAWA reauthorization was included as part of the FY2022 omnibus funding package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. “Nearly twenty-eight years ago, Congress… Read more »