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Dingell Statement on President Trumps Budget Request

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today released the following statement on President Trump’s 2018 budget request.  “The budget submitted today does not reflect the values of American communities. President Trump’s proposal is an assault on things that have always been a priority for the American people – investments in children and working families,…

Dingell Announces Winner of 2017 Congressional Art Competition

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that Bojana Vukovic, a senior exchange student from Theodore Roosevelt High School, is the winner of this year’s Congressional Art Competition for Michigan’s 12th District. Bojana was recognized at a ceremony Saturday in Taylor and her piece, an acrylic painting entitled “Waterfall,” will hang in the U.S.…

Dingell and Upton Re-Introduce Bipartisan Legislation Championing STEM Education

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (MI-06) re-introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that will champion the STEM education program FIRST Robotics. H.R. 5168, the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2017, would mint a $1 coin in honor of Christa McAuliffe, the teacher and astronaut who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle…

Dingell Highlights Importance of Affordable Care Act at University of Michigan

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) joined residents, students, College Democrats and Progressives at the University of Michigan last night for a panel discussion on the Affordable Care Act and its impact on local communities. Since the ACA was enacted in 2010, the uninsured rate in Michigan has fallen by more than 50 percent, with 695,000 residents gaining coverage. As Congress…

Dingell Appointed to House Committee on Energy & Commerce

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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,…

Dingell Announces $2.47 Million Grant for Connected & Automated Vehicle Research at University of Michigan

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive a $2,470,600 grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers (UTC) program to establish a Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT). CCAT will advance research in the field of comprehensive transportation safety and congestion…

Detroit News: Sex assault prevention summit takes on college culture

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Ann Arbor — She was walking home from her part-time job she had in college when a man appeared, pointed a gun at her and told her she’d better do what he told her. Natasha Alexenko, then a 20-year-old student in New York, thought she was getting robbed, or that the man was running from police. Instead, he guided her back to her apartment building, where he raped and sodomized…

Michigan Daily: University receives three awards from National Science Foundation

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U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–Dearborn) announced recently that the University of Michigan would receive three awards from the National Science Foundation. A cumulative $8,062,199 will span across three separate academic areas to combat a diverse range of global issues. “This NSF funding will go towards advancements in STEM education, manufacturing systems and food production…

Dingell Announces $8 Million in Research Grants for University of Michigan

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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive three awards totaling $8,062,199 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research in a variety of academic areas.  “The University of Michigan is leading the way in groundbreaking research, and I’m pleased they are receiving these significant…

Dingell Announces $2,565,643 Research Grant for University of Michigan

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive a $2,565,643 research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create tools to capture data transformations from statistical analysis packages that will reduce the costs of analyzing large amounts of data. “The University of Michigan is leading the way on research related to…

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