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Dingell Applauds Recommendation for OMB to Include Middle Eastern and North African Self-Identification Category

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WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) applauds the recommendation by the Office of the Chief Statistician for the The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to add a self-identification response category for Middle Eastern and North African (MENA), separate and distinct from the “White” category. “Excluding the MENA category from federal data collection has…

Dingell Invites Students to Make “Valentines for Veterans” in 9th Annual Project

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) is inviting students to participate in her annual “Valentines for Veterans” project by creating handmade Valentine’s Day cards to be delivered directly to local veterans. Since 2015, students across the region make hundreds of cards each year to show love and appreciation to veterans at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center and…

Dingell, Casey Introduce Bill to Provide Historic, Permanent Investment in Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities

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WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced legislation to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, people with disabilities, and injured workers, while increasing pay and improving benefits for the caregivers who provide this…

Members of Congress Launch Heartland Caucus

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WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) was joined by nearly 20 members of Congress to launch the Heartland Caucus. The caucus is being launched with the primary purpose of engaging on and advocating for the issues important to the people of the American Heartland, including manufacturing, labor, the Great Lakes, energy and environment, agriculture, racial equity,…

Dingell, Huizenga, Kaptur, Joyce Request $425 Million for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in FY24 Presidential Budget

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WASHINGTON - Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and David Joyce (R-OH)—co-chairs of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force—led a bipartisan letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide $425 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget, as currently authorized under…

Dingell Delivers Annual State of the District Downriver

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SOUTHGATE, Mich. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today delivered her annual State of the District Address at the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Legislative Forum, her first State of the District address as the Representative for Michigan’s new Sixth Congressional District. In her remarks, Rep. Dingell provided updates on legislative successes from the previous year…

Dingell Meets with City of Ann Arbor to Highlight $2.5 Million Federal Investment in Carbon Neutrality Transition

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) met with Mayor Christopher Taylor and other City of Ann Arbor officials to discuss their plans for the $2.5 million direct federal investment Dingell secured in the omnibus appropriations package to support A2ZERO, the City’s framework for achieving a just transition to community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030. Mayor Taylor and…

Dingell Statement on U.S. Reaching Debt Limit

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement on the United States reaching its debt limit.   “Congress must act immediately to raise the debt ceiling. Republicans holding our economy hostage for political showmanship is dangerous: Default, and even the threat of default, will have devastating effects that primarily hurt working families, including…

Dingell Tours Grosse Ile Wastewater Treatment Facility & Ypsi Transit Center, Highlights Nearly $10.5 Million in Direct Federal Investments in Infrastructure Improvement Projects

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ANN ARBOR, MI – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today toured the Grosse Ile Wastewater Treatment Facility and the Ypsi Transit Center with local officials to highlight $10,452,927 in direct federal investments she secured in the omnibus appropriations package. “With this federal funding, we are supporting our local communities to support and improve the lives of those who live and…

Dingell Joins Vice President Harris & Secretary Granholm in Ann Arbor to Highlight Climate Action

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today joined Vice President Kamala Harris and Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to highlight historic progress made by Democrats in Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration to combat the Climate Crisis. “Michigan is leading the nation in taking aggressive action to combat the Climate…

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