WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) co-led a coalition of grassroots groups, labor unions, and Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders from across the nation to announce the introduction of a strong plan for economic renewal known as the THRIVE Agenda. Introduced by Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ed Markey (D-MA), Dingell co-led… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) marked the 26th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to urgently pass the House-passed reauthorization.
“Twenty-six years ago we recognized that no woman, no child and no family should fear for their life because of domestic violence,” said… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Today, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) pressed for more information on newly identified PFAS contamination sites in Deaborn and Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) identified two new sites in the Congresswomen’s districts with identified PFAS contamination: the Schaefer Road Wastewater Treatment Plant and Rouge… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) announced that that Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearborn will receive $125,000 grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Drug-Free Communities Support Program to implement programs to prevent youth substance use, including abuse of prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation led by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Congressman H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) that would eliminate barriers on the legitimate research of medical marijuana.
“There is a strong need to better understand the medicinal benefits of marijuana, but… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the Block, Report and Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act. Led by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman David B. McKinley P.E. (R-WV), this legislation would require drug manufacturers, distributors and other Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registrants to report and halt suspicious orders of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Co-Chairs of the Endangered Species Act Caucus Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman Don Beyer led a letter with over 100 Members of Congress to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith opposing the Trump administration’s recent proposal to weaken the Endangered Species Act. The administration’s proposed rule… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) drew attention to challenges faced by educators, students, families, and school districts as the return to learning begins. Dingell highlighted both providing schools the resources they need to bring students back into the classroom safely and averting deep cuts to public education through state and local funding relief.
Wednesday, Dingell… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) issued the following statement on the passing of former Michigan State Legislator Alma Stallworth:
"Alma Stallworth was a mentor to women of many generations. She cared deeply about so many issues, and was a pioneer who opened the path wider for all of us. Public service was always her mantra and she cared deeply about Detroit, the Black… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) pressed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn to urgently address issues in COVID-19 patients from being able to receive convalescent plasma.
Dingell and Upton heard directly from Michigan hospitals that are facing barriers in using convalescent plasma to treat… Read more »
