Climate change and extreme weather events that have been bringing flooding, wild storms--or wildfires, storm surges, and sea level rising is exasperating our ability to clean up toxic Superfund sites.
Debbie Dingell
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Debbie Ann Dingell is an American politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 6th congressional district, a position she has held since January 6, 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she succeeded her late husband, John Dingell, who served in Congress for over 59 years. Throughout her tenure, Dingell has focused on issues such as healthcare, women's rights, and environmental protection, advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth in her district.
This is a designation called for in bipartisan legislation I am leading, the PFAS Action Act.
Those who pollute communities and the environment are responsible for paying to restore them.
I thank the gentleman for being a very good and fair chairman. I rise in support of the Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious Shipments Act. This bipartisan legislation would implement safeguards against pill dumping and other abusive…
These services are an essential utility. And as such, every American has a right to quality, affordable broadband.
Thank you, Chairman Rush, for holding today's hearing, because it is so important to talk about decarbonizing the transportation sector.
I hear from my constituents about the high cost of older drugs like albuterol.
There is no doubt that the U.S. will continue to be the world's leader in funding for basic medical science.
Innovation occurs where the best science is done, and the best science happens here in the United States of America.
We have heard some arguments here today that, if H.R. 3 were to become law, then there is a likelihood that innovation would be driven to China. I think that this is a red herring, let's be clear, because absolutely nothing in H.R. 3 is…
Let's just try to not turn off anybody's water during this pandemic, and this administration needs to make sure that happens, I beg you.
Under the last administration, EPA ignored pressing environmental risks and moved the United States in the wrong direction.
I applaud the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to restore California's authority to set its own emission standards.
So anybody who thinks that this is over, these two can attest to what it has been like in Michigan.
And I hope that you all at our hearing today and are going to take back to your coalitions that we are hearing you.
I just want to ask both of you in my minute left, you are talking about the programs you have.
I have to tell you that--and you can tell as Members have been talking to you that there have been patients that have reached out to us, told us their stories.
I am proud to be an original cosponsor of the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, which would restore the agency's authority to get money back to consumers who have been scammed.
Lead exposure is a deeply serious environmental justice issue which impacts across generations.
As we move towards long-term economic recovery from COVID, we need to be bold and we need to go big
I think that with a--my questions are really focused, nitty gritty, on this.
I am so pleased to see that President Biden is committed to replacing lead service lines in the American Jobs Plan.
Thank you, Chairwoman Eshoo and Ranking Member Guthrie, for convening this important hearing on the opioid crisis, which, as we have all talked about this morning, remains one of the defining public health challenges of our time.
I think COVID has been a nightmare. It's turned our world upside down. But it is an opportunity for us to look at where the fractures are and what we need to fix.