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 »
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 »
