WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell today announced that Ecovia Renewables LLC has been awarded $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The funding will go towards engineering microbial systems that convert the byproducts of industrial crops into valuable materials, such as plastics, in an eco-friendly manner. Read more »
Five Michigan freshmen members of Congress — including three Republicans — urged the Obama administration to demand provisions to crack down on currency manipulation in a 12-nation free trade deal under negotiation.
Last month, House and Senate committees approved “fast track” legislation that would require Congress to vote up or down on a… Read more »
As negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement move forward, the five freshmen members of the Michigan Congressional Delegation today sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, urging them to include enforceable measures to prevent currency manipulation, the biggest trade barrier of the… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement today after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s address before a joint session of Congress.
“The relationship between the United States and Japan is important to both our countries. Today’s address to a joint session reflects that. However, the U.S. trade deficit with Japan, which is fueled by… Read more »
After years of hard work, grit, and determination, Michigan's economy is finally coming back.
Manufacturing is in its best stretch of job growth in a decade, unemployment is at its lowest level in eight years, and the auto industry, the backbone of our economy, has come roaring back.
While the economy is growing stronger every day, many people in Michigan still don't feel the success at… Read more »
The April 20 editorial “Trade pact showdown” implied that a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with measures to stop currency manipulation by foreign governments could also constrain U.S. monetary policy, which helped us recover from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes.
This is simply wrong. The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy in recent years, often… Read more »
In light of recently introduced trade promotion legislation, or Fast Track, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) held a briefing today on the critical issue of currency manipulation. A panel of experts representing economists, industry and labor joined the members to discuss the devastating impact currency manipulation has had on American workers and… Read more »
Several Michigan Democrats oppose a "fast track" bill for Pacific trade negotiations that they say would hurt Michigan companies and workers.
The bill, announced Thursday, would give President Barack Obama the "fast track" authority to negotiate a trade agreement. It would allow lawmakers to vote on the final agreement, but not provide any amendments or filibuster. Also, the legislation… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement today after Senator Orrin Hatch (UT), Senator Ron Wyden (OR) and Congressman Paul Ryan (WI) introduced a bill to fast-track trade legislation through Congress without transparency or debate, and without enforceable measures to protect against currency manipulation.
“The trade bill introduced today is simply… Read more »
The average woman only makes 78 cents for every dollar her male counterpart makes in the same field.
In Michigan, that gap is even larger with women earning four cents per dollar less than the national average.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) is hoping to close that gap with her recently introduced Paycheck Fairness Act.
“The time has come that this bill needs to get… Read more »
