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Dingell Announces More Than $5.9 Million in HHS Grants for the University of Michigan

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor will receive $6,241,941 for aging, neurological disorders, mothers and children, cancer biology, diabetes, lung disease, endocrinology, and metabolic research. "This funding is crucial for continuing research into diseases that impact Americans daily and to ensuring the best possible…

Dingell, Fitzpatrick Lead 42 Members in Urging HHS to Address Patient Boarding

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today led 42 of their House colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra urging the department to convene a task force to address the growing public health crisis of emergency department (ED) patient boarding. Boarding takes place when a patient cannot…

Dingell Update: 05.30.2023

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Dear Friend,   I am glad to say this week has finally ended looking more positive than it started. We voted, in both chambers, to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement to raise the debt ceiling. I don’t like a lot of what’s in this bill, but it was critical we avoid catastrophic default that would rock our economy for years, if not decades. With the debt ceiling taken care of, I was…

Dingell Announces $1 Million for Clean Hydrogen Project at University of Michigan

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Tags: Grants

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced the University of Michigan has been selected by the Department of Energy (DoE) to receive up to $1 million to support a project that will advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen. In this project, UM aims to develop high efficiency, low cost, and ultrastable production of green hydrogen fuels…

Dingell Announces $9.8 Million for University of Michigan for Connected Vehicle Technology

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the Ann Arbor Connected Environment project at the University of Michigan will receive $9,859,240 from the Department of Transportation to retrofit the AACE with cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology.   “As consumer and commercial vehicles are becoming safer, smarter, and cleaner, the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle…

Dingell Announces $1 Million for Clean Hydrogen Project at University of Michigan

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced the University of Michigan has been selected by the Department of Energy (DoE) to receive up to $1 million to support a project that will advance critical technologies for producing, storing, and deploying clean hydrogen. In this project, UM aims to develop high efficiency, low cost, and ultrastable production of green hydrogen fuels…

Dingell Condemns Supreme Court Decision to Weaken Clean Water Act

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, which rolls back Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands across our country.   “In the last 50 years, the Clean Water Act has transformed our nation’s waterways, cleaning up and protecting rivers and wetlands…

Dingell Announces $3 Million For Downriver Community Conference Brownfield Cleanup

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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today announced that the Downriver Community Conference will receive $3,000,000 in supplemental funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the cleanup and repurposing of Brownfield sites.   “The Downriver Community Conference is managing one of the most robust and effective Brownfield programs in the country, as evidenced by the…

Dingell, Walberg Lead Michigan Delegation in Urging FDA to Address Chemotherapy Drug Shortages

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Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Tim Walberg (R-MI) today led the Michigan Congressional delegation in sending a bipartisan letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to urge the Administration to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of the nationwide shortage of chemotherapy medications. Every member of the Michigan delegation signed…

Dingell Update: May 23, 2023

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Dear Friend, The weekend was a clear sign we are returning to our new “normal”. By the time I return to DC for votes this week, I will have attended and participated in close to 30 events. Each of them is important in their own way, keeping me close to the communities that I represent, some an extension of annual rituals and traditions, and others representing new beginnings of equal…

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