WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Flores (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Fred Upton (R-MI) led over 240 bipartisan lawmakers in asking the Trump Administration to direct current federal government advertising funds to local news and media outlets.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting local communities across our nation in unprecedented ways. All… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI – Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) pressed Beaumont Health to reopen Wayne Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked questions regarding this decision and Beaumont’s plans for other facilities in Southeast Michigan.
On Monday, Dingell and Tlaib expressed deep concerns heard from staff and community members that the closure of Beaumont… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) introduced the Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2020, which would strengthen the Strategic National Stockpile to improve the federal ability to respond to future disasters and pandemics. These include enhancing medical supply chain elasticity, improving the domestic production of personal… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration moved to undermine the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), strong air quality standards that reduce mercury, heavy metals, and other toxic pollutants released from coal- and oil-burning power plants:
“We are in the midst of one of the worst respiratory disease… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI) led a bipartisan group of 86 lawmakers in urging House leadership to provide assistance to our nation’s museums in any future coronavirus relief package.
“As we write this letter, museums of all sizes are experiencing closures, attendance free-fall, canceled events, and actual layoffs. This is… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) released information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for how individuals can access the status of their economic impact payments via an online portal.
Get My Payment allows taxpayers who filed their tax return in 2018 or 2019 but did not provide their banking information on either return to submit direct… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) introduced legislation to help workers maintain their job-based health insurance in response to an unprecedented wave of layoffs and furloughs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Worker Health Coverage Protection… Read more »
DETROIT, MI—Today, Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) introduced the Emergency Water is a Human Right Act, which would prohibit water shutoffs and ensure water affordability protections for low-income households during the COVID-19 national emergency. According to the CDC, one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to wash one’s hands… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI — Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI), announced colleges and universities with campuses in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District will receive more than $66 million in emergency grants to help cover significant financial losses. At least half of the funding to institutions is required to be distributed to students in the form of emergency cash grants to help students… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Mark Pocan (D-WI) released a set of five principles to guide future coronavirus relief and stimulus packages to protect workers and communities. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) are leading a similar… Read more »
