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 »
Today Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) led 75 of their colleagues in calling for increased federal funding to help low-income families pay for heating, cooling, and water bills during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Members requested a minimum of $4.3 billion in supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced the federal government’s timeline for issuing direct stimulus payments to individuals. The direct payments were passed by Congress as part of the third coronavirus response bill, the Coronavirus Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The CARES Act provides payments of up to $1,200 per adult and $500 per child.… Read more »
DEARBORN, MI - After speaking with Border Protection officers from the US-Canada border, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) is calling on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership to take all necessary measures to protect the health and safety of the workers immediately.
Dingell received confidential complaints that since CBP has ended the flexible leave scheduling program, most… Read more »
