Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today introduced the Promoting Transparency in Trade Act, a bill designed to shine more sunshine on trade negotiations that result in treaties like the much-maligned Trans-Pacific Partnership. If signed into law, the legislation will require government officials to publically release the text of ongoing trade negotiations and ensure the… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement in advance of Labor Day, which is Monday, September 5, 2016.
“Labor Day is a special day in Michigan. It is a holiday to remember the hard-fought victories that labor earned for all of us in the workplace, which we must never take for granted.
“Too many of us take for granted a 40 hour… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that SkySpecs of Ann Arbor will receive a Small Business Voucher from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. SkySpecs deploys autonomous drones for inspections of wind turbines. Working with Sandia National Labs, the project will focus on the validation of blade damage data to assist with… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today joined Ducks Unlimited and local conservation leaders at the Washtenaw Food Hub to tour a wetland restoration project and call for the reauthorization of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act.
Dingell, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced the bipartisan Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement regarding the retirement of DTE Energy’s coal-fired power plant in Trenton. The closing is part of DTE’s plan to retire eight coal-fired generators at three plants by 2023 to transition to more modern, cleaner sources of energy generation.
“The way we generate energy is changing at a rapid pace… Read more »
U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, released the following statement after the committee approved H.R. 5278, the PROMESA Act, a bipartisan bill that addresses the debt crisis in Puerto Rico.
“Puerto Rico is in crisis. Today, 3.5 million Americans are suffering at the hands of a fiscal crisis that has left them without… Read more »
ANN ARBOR, MI — The University of Michigan and Ann Arbor businesses are at the forefront of innovation, says U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, but lawmakers must make comprehensive reforms and invest more in research if they want them to succeed.
That's what Dingell, D-Dearborn, said after an Innovation Agenda 2.0 roundtable discussion with other lawmakers and local business leaders at… Read more »
Today, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) convened a summit of regional leaders in business, manufacturing and academia to discuss policies that Congress should consider to support innovation across the country and ensure that the United States stays at the forefront of innovation and technology in the world. Dingell was joined by U.S. Congressmen Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Mark… Read more »
More than 30,000 Michigan current and retired workers avoided pension cuts — for now — when the Treasury Department rejected a Teamsters Central State Pension Plan proposal that would have started in July.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a letter to members of Congress released Friday that while the decision blocks the pending pension cuts for 273,000 current and retired… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after the U.S. Treasury Department rejected an application by the Central States Pension Fund to cut retiree benefits by as much as 70 percent.
“Today’s decision by the Treasury Department is a relief for the thousands of retirees whose lives would have been turned upside down by drastic cuts to their… Read more »
