WASHINGTON, DC – This week, the House of Representatives will consider legislation that makes long-overdue reforms to U.S. energy policy and includes provisions led by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) to improve dam and hydropower safety operations and oversight. Dingell pushed for the provisions after the breach of the Edenville Dam and Sanford Dam failures in Michigan caused… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) voted with a majority of the House of Representatives to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that establishes a pregnant worker’s clear-cut right to reasonable workplace accommodations, provided they do not impose an undue burden on their employer. There is currently no federal law that explicitly and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 173 members of Congress called on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General to open an immediate investigation into new whistleblower allegations of mass hysterectomies being performed on women detained at the privately-run Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, GA. The lawmakers requested a briefing on… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI — Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced localities in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District will receive over $5 million in housing grants under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The CDBG program is overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
A breakdown of how much funding will go to each section of… Read more »
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 »
