WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd:
“Almost one year later, a mother is still mourning her son, a daughter is still growing up without her father, and a brother is still grieving a friend. A conviction like this does not bring George Floyd back to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Fred Upton (MI-6), along with 25 other members of Congress, introduced comprehensive, bipartisan legislation that aims to protect all Americans and our environment from harmful forever chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The package establishes a national drinking water standard for select PFAS… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced its support for allowing the Gelman dioxane plume to seek addition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund National Priorities List for federal clean-up:
“EGLE’s decision to allow… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced $500,000 in the Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant funding for Ann Arbor’s Corporate for a Skilled Workforce. The funding will be used to help Michigan’s food growers, processers and distributors develop workforce skills through training and job-based experiences.
“We… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - Today, Democratic Policy & Communications Committee Co-Chair Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Representatives Gwen Moore (WI-04), Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and Andy Levin (MI-09) highlighted what they’ve been hearing from their constituents about the impact of the American Rescue Plan. Dingell, Moore, Beatty and Levin have spent the District Work Period holding… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Representative Fred Upton (MI-6) penned a letter to the Biden-Harris Administration urging for immediate, increased vaccine supply to Michigan. Amidst a COVID surge in the state, where just today a reported 7,819 new cases were confirmed, the lawmakers are calling on the Administration to take swift action as the state’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) announced $100,000 in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding to Purafide, LLC, a plasma water reactor in Ann Arbor, Michigan for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation. Administered by the EPA, and as part of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, the $2,499,229 in awards will… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman John Moolenaar (R-MI) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation that makes reforms and improvements to dam and hydropower safety operations and oversight in the United States. Dingell and Moolenaar originally pushed for the provisions after the breach of the Edenville Dam and Sanford Dam failures in Michigan caused… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Mark Pocan (WI-2), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) led 76 of their colleagues in calling for the Biden Administration to publicly increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade on Yemen immediately, unilaterally, and comprehensively.
The blockade has been a leading driver of Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Julia Brownley (CA-26) today introduced the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) Future Act to modernize and expand a program used to build and retool auto factories in the United States. Created in 2007, the ATVM loan program at the Department of Energy has been used in eight states, including Michigan and… Read more »
