WASHINGTON, DC - Last month, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) introduced the Better Care Better Jobs Act, which would strengthen and expand access to Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) while also supporting stronger benefits for the direct care workforce. She recently sat down with the Huffington Post to discuss her first-hand experience with this issue and… Read more »
Dearborn, MI - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) announced $2.4 million in federal funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to Ann Arbor SPARK to build 20 miles of underground fiber optic cable, connecting downtown Ann Arbor and downtown Ypsilanti with critical broadband infrastructure. The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Corridor Fiber Optic Backbone project,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) applauded the passage of their bipartisan PFAS Action Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 241 to 183. This legislation aims to protect all Americans and our environment from harmful forever chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by setting national drinking… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressional 5G Caucus co-chairs U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Annie Kuster (D-NH), and Bill Johnson (R-OH) applauded House passage of their bipartisan legislation to enhance America's leadership in the development of wireless standards. H.R. 3003, the Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2021, reflects the need for… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer expressing her concerns regarding any rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework the Senate is currently negotiating.
NEPA, spearheaded 51 years ago by Congressman John D. Dingell and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) sent a letter to House Leadership urging for the inclusion of $1.5 billion in federal funding to enhance the economic and environmental revitalization of our Great Lakes and surrounding communities in any infrastructure package.
As Congress considers legislative proposals to rebuild our nation’s… Read more »
Dearborn, MI - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to President Biden in support of Governor Whitmer’s ask for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Michigan, which would authorize additional federal relief to support Michiganders suffering in the wake of the floods and facilitate a swift recovery.
Dingell wrote, “Since June 25th, numerous cities across… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Michigan:
“Last month, strong storms covered Southeast Michigan with seven-and-a-half inches of rain in just twelve hours. The resulting damage funneled water into homes and businesses, destroyed… Read more »
WYANDOTTE, MI - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) joined Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist and State Representative Cara Clemente at Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency in Wyandotte, MI to encourage hardworking families to be on the lookout for advanced monthly payments of the Child Tax Credit, which offers up to $300 per month per child beginning, today, July… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) announced the inclusion of nearly $14 million in federal funding for community projects across Michigan’s 12th District in the FY 2022 Appropriations legislation. If passed by Congress, the federal funding will go towards specific community project funding requests, ranging in issues from water infrastructure to child care, that… Read more »
