Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to the crash at Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti.
“I have been in touch with all appropriate authorities regarding the crash during the Thunder Over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti. It appears at this time that both pilots are safe, and… Read more »
Today, Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act, to reauthorize and strengthen the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provides grants to states and tribal governments to incentivize private landowners to voluntarily open their… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that Dr. Robert Hovden, Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science at the University of Michigan, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive an Early Career Research award. Dr. Hovden is one of 93 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $135 million in funding… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore requesting a full status update on the efforts to control contaminated groundwater at the BASF site in Wyandotte. This outreach follows a letter Dingell sent more than a year ago urging escalated enforcement and robust community outreach to protect Downriver residents from contaminated… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) new proposed corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger vehicles and light trucks, which will improve fuel efficiency, lower costs for consumers, and combat climate change.
“I’m encouraged by the new proposed corporate… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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,… Read more »
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… Read more »
