WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Conor Lamb (D-PA), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) led a letter with 107 of their colleagues to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris calling for an historic investment of $450 billion in home- and community-based services (HCBS) in the Build Back Better infrastructure package. Sent… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, in observance of National Women’s History Month, Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI), along with Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced a resolution to recognize March 21, 2021, as ‘National Rosie the Riveter Day’ to honor the millions of women who supported the war effort on the home… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today released a discussion draft of the HCBS Access Act for stakeholder feedback. The proposal seeks to mandate HCBS in Medicaid to provide critical services, creating national, minimum requirements for home and community-based services, and… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) reintroduced comprehensive legislation to support and advance the development, production, and deployment of electric vehicles (EV) and EV charging infrastructure across the United States. Included in both House Democrats' landmark climate change and infrastructure legislation, the U.S.A. Electrify Forward Act would… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Sean Casten (IL-06), and Marie Newman (IL-03) will host a Zoom press conference Thursday, March, 4th at 11 AM ET after voting to pass the American Rescue Plan in the House last week to help crush the COVID-19 virus and get the economy moving again with shots in arms, money in pockets, children in schools and people in jobs.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and U.S Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today introduced the bipartisan Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act, legislation that protects survivors of dating violence and stalking by closing loopholes that allow abusers and stalkers access to guns. Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN) introduced a companion bill in the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the House Energy & Commerce Committee released the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) celebrated the inclusion of a number of her policies to build and deploy greater electric vehicles (EV) and EV charging infrastructure, reach 100% net zero carbon emissions by 2050, invest in clean… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) today released the following statement after voting for the Equality Act. As an original co-sponsor of the legislation, Dingell celebrated the historic expansion of anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans with regard to employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), and Ro Khanna (CA-17), today led 41 lawmakers in urging transparency from the Biden Administration regarding U.S. involvement in the Saudi/UAE-led coalition’s war in Yemen as the U.S. ends its support for ‘offensive’ operations.
In a letter expressing their strong support for President Biden’s decision to end U.S.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to secure supply chains for essential goods, including automotive semiconductor chips and large capacity batteries used by electric vehicles. As author of the USA Electrify Forward Act, Dingell has led efforts in Congress to build the… Read more »
