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U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement after Volkswagen agreed to pay up to $10 billion to U.S. vehicle owners and $4.7 billion in environmental reparations after cheating emissions tests. “Consumers deserve confidence in knowing that the vehicles they buy meet the environmental and safety standards promised by the automaker. Volkswagen lied to… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Candice Miller (MI-10) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) issued the following joint statement on the Great Lakes Compact Council’s vote to approve Waukesha, Wisconsin’s application to divert 8.2 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan:  “We strongly disagree with today’s vote by the Great Lakes Compact Council approving… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03) – ranking members of the House Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee and the full committee, respectively – and Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-17) led eight colleagues in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging immediate action to prevent major coal… Read more »

It’s become common to hear or read about the political divisions in Congress. But what we don’t often see is that members of Congress, even on opposite sides of the aisle, often have good working relationships with each other. That includes members of Michigan’s delegation.  Representatives Mike Bishop (R-Rochester)… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, released the following statement after the House approved bipartisan legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). “Our federal chemical safety laws are badly broken. Only a small fraction of the chemicals our families are exposed to every day in things like cleaning… Read more »

Today, Reps. Candice Miller (MI-10) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to Governor Snyder urging him to deny Waukesha, Wisconsin’s application to divert 8.2 million gallons of water per day from the Great Lakes: “Since the Great Lakes Compact was signed in 2008, we’ve seen significant improvements in the management and conservation of the Great Lakes’ finite… Read more »

Two Michigan congresswomen wrote Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday asking him to vote to deny a Wisconsin city’s request to divert 8 million gallons of drinking water a day. Snyder and other Great Lakes governors — or their representatives — are expected to meet in Chicago in late June to consider whether to grant the diversion request by Waukesha, Wis., under the Great… Read more »

;If there was an off-key moment during the otherwise flawlessly executed trip to the U.S. Capitol this spring by the new Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, it might have come when he was cornered by Rep. Debbie Dingell. “We never want to see nuclear waste in the Great Lakes,” the freshman Democrat from Michigan sternly told Trudeau during a visit to the office of… Read more »

Today, Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Candice Miller (MI-10) issued the following statement after receiving notice that Plains LPG Services, LP has withdrawn its request to the State Department for a federal permit allowing the transport of oil through aging pipelines under the St. Clair River:  “We are thrilled to hear that Plains LPG has decided to withdraw its request to… Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today celebrated Earth Day with local students in Ann Arbor. Dingell met with third and fourth graders at Ann Arbor Open School to talk about government and what Earth Day means. She then visited students, teachers and parents at Honey Creek Community School, where a day of activities was planned to celebrate the planet and deepen students’… Read more »