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Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation introduced by U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) to make consumer confidence reports on drinking water quality more frequent and easier for every American to understand. The legislation, which advanced as part of the Drinking Water System Improvement Act, would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) t... Read more »

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation backed by U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) that supports the development and deployment of automated vehicles. The bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act establishes a framework for the regulation of self-driving vehicles that would allow manufacturers to innovate and increase safety on the roads. The legislation n... Read more »

A U.S. House committee approved legislation today to give the federal government final say over the performance of self-driving vehicles, a measure that would preempt states from trying to set their own standards. The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved the bill, which also would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to write a plan within a year to set rules for self-... Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force, today introduced the Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2017 that would expand Medicare to cover hearing aids for beneficiaries. Hearing loss is the third most prevalent chronic condition in the United States, but the vast majority of seniors who need hearing aids do not get them because they... Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell statement after the Senate voted to advance legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “Today’s vote to advance the Senate Trumpcare bill is a vote to take health care from tens of millions of Americans and shatter the protections they depend upon. “Each version of this proposal has been meaner than the last, putting at risk protections for pre-existing ... Read more »

Shortly after the Senate voted to move forward on a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-12th District) spoke out against the replacement bill. “Today’s vote to advance the Senate Trumpcare bill is a vote to take health care from tens of millions of Americans and shatter the protections they depend upon," she said. “Each version of this proposal has been mea... Read more »

Following reports this week that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will shut down the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues (S/CCI), U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) led a letter joined by Reps. Kathleen Rice (NY-04), Brendan Boyle (PA-13) and 19 colleagues strongly urging Tillerson to reconsider the decision, which would leave the U.S. as the only major country wit... Read more »

U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the City of Taylor Fire Department will receive a $318,182 vehicle acquisition grant through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. The grant will allow Taylor to continue to update and improve its fire department fleet. “Our firefighters put their lives on the line every day to keep ... Read more »

Ahead of the administration’s planned renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell has reintroduced legislation aiming to make secretive trade talks more transparent. The bill from the Dearborn Democrat aims to make the process of negotiating trade deals less secretive, in part by requiring the publication of the text of a proposed deal after each round of neg... Read more »

Ahead of the administration’s planned renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell has reintroduced legislation aiming to make secretive trade talks more transparent. The bill from the Dearborn Democrat aims to make the process of negotiating trade deals less secretive, in part by requiring the publication of the text of a proposed deal after each round of neg... Read more »