Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement in response to the report by the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General on leadership at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit. The report comes at the request of Reps. Dingell and Tlaib, who initially raised concerns with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough in… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and David Joyce (R-OH) introduced the bipartisan Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Reauthorization Act to extend funding through fiscal year (FY) 2028 for SIREN Act grants to rural fire and EMS agencies nationwide. The funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) goes toward supporting rural EMS… Read more »
Dear Friend,
We’re busy in D.C. and the tone is bothering me, quite frankly. A lot of time in Committee, moving important legislation, but amendments in both Committee and on the floor are being designed to divide people, a trend I find disturbing. We got some important work done last week and I voted against some major bills because of their tone and divisive content. We reintroduced… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging CMS to open a National Coverage Determination to expand its coverage for power wheelchairs to include standing systems, which allow users to transition… Read more »
Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) today introduced the Vehicle Innovation Act of 2023 to promote investments in research and development of clean vehicle technologies to increase fuel efficiency, reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, strengthen our supply chains, and support American auto manufacturers and supplies. Bipartisan companion legislation… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to a new study that detected at least one per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) in 45% of U.S. drinking water samples taken from public and private drinking water systems.
“PFAS are a threat to the health and wellbeing of people across the country, especially in heartland communities like the… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $7,348,076 in federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct research in areas including Neurological Disorders, Heart and Vascular Diseases, Deafness and Communicative Disorders, Mental Health Cancer Manpower… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent a letter to Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Acting Director Aaron Keatley and U.S. EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore urging both EPA and EGLE to take immediate action to address chemical pollution emanating from the northern area of the former McLouth Steel site and contaminating the surrounding… Read more »
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) last Friday toured the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility and Woodland Center Correctional Facility to learn more about the rehabilitation, career, and educational resources and medical care at the facilities, and hear from inmates about their experiences. Michigan has the fourth lowest recidivism rate in the nation at… Read more »
Dear Friend,
Happy Independence Week! Congress is out for two weeks, but Washington, D.C. has been far from quiet with multiple Supreme Court decisions that are being reacted to in very complicated ways, strong feelings on all sides, deep reactions by many, and lots of concern. Honestly, I am still trying to absorb it. I am home and very much out and about, talking to many and getting… Read more »
