In advance of President Trump’s meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on Friday, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) sent a letter urging the President to address the serious trade impediments facing American manufacturers in the Japanese market. Dingell and Pocan wrote that any discussion of new trade policy with Japan… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order formally withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
“Members of Congress and a coalition of working men and women across this country worked together for years to defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership because it failed to meet… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today joined Vice President Joe Biden for a tour of the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
“It was an honor to be able to tour the auto show with Vice President Biden today, and thank him personally for the work that he and President Obama did to save this industry I love,” said Dingell. “What the Vice… Read more »
Recently elected to her second term serving Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) was appointed by her colleagues yesterday evening to serve on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) in the 115th Congress. The influential E&C Committee has broad jurisdiction over issues including commerce and trade, energy policy,… Read more »
U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today joined AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and House colleagues to call on President-Elect Trump to live up to his campaign promises and begin renegotiating NAFTA within his first hundred days of taking office, as he pledged during his campaign.
“For too long, trade agreements like NAFTA have failed to level the playing field for… Read more »
U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today applauded Ford’s announcement that the company will invest $700 million and add 700 new jobs at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District for the development of autonomous and electric vehicles. Ford also announced plans for introducing seven new electrified vehicles over the next five years,… Read more »
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) led a letter with 24 House Members from Heartland states to Majority Leader McConnell, Leader-elect Schumer, Speaker Ryan, and Leader Pelosi urging immediate action in the upcoming Congress to expand economic opportunities in manufacturing communities harmed by the outsourcing of American jobs.
“The frustration and… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA) will receive a $6 million grant through the U.S. Department of Labor’s America’s Promise grant competition to strengthen and expand workforce training partnerships.
“Regional partnerships between industry, education, labor and workforce training… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell wants to make secretive trade negotiations less secret.
Legislation introduced this week by the Dearborn Democrat aims to bring sunshine to the process of negotiating trade deals, in part by requiring the publication of the text online after each round of negotiations, so that interested parties and stakeholders may review it.
“This legislation would… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today introduced the Promoting Transparency in Trade Act, a bill that would bring more transparency to trade negotiations by requiring the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to publically release the text of ongoing trade negotiations and ensure the position of USTR Transparency Officer is free from conflicts of interest. Dingell introduced the… Read more »
