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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.

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Mar 13, 2019

I don't want to interrupt, but I am going to have you give us more answers because I have only got 2 minutes left.

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Mar 13, 2019

It needs to be an absolute priority. I think everyone in this room is worried about impaired driving, period.

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Mar 13, 2019

I am a pragmatic person. Having had a sister that died of a drug overdose and a father that was a drug addict, I have a very natural reaction.

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Mar 13, 2019

drunk driving brings pain to families and communities across this country.

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Mar 13, 2019

Why aren't we using it? We need to explore every possible solution, including giving law enforcement the resources that they need to get drunk driving off the roads.

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Mar 13, 2019

Advocates commends Representative Debbie Dingell--thank you so much--for your recent introduction of legislation to reduce drunk driving following the horrific crash that you mentioned in Northville, Michigan.

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Mar 12, 2019

The American worker is the backbone of this country.

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Feb 28, 2019

The underlying bill, H.R. 1112, is a critical and carefully crafted bill to address the Charleston loophole. We have discussed it here today, but I will repeat, the very name ``Charleston loophole'' is a grim reminder of the deficiency in…

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Feb 27, 2019

The international community recognizes climate change as the generation threat that it is and multiple scientific reports have called on the need to act over the next decade to mitigate serious harms to our economy, environment, and way of…

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Feb 27, 2019

Thank you, Chairman Tonko and Ranking Member Shimkus, for holding this important hearing today to discuss the urgent threat from climate change we all face and the Federal inaction from this administration that puts us all at risk.

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Feb 27, 2019

And yet, this administration choses to do nothing.

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Feb 27, 2019

Earth's climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization.

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Feb 27, 2019

Since the administration withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, cities and States, like Ann Arbor and Michigan, have been forced to rise up in the absence of needed Federal leadership on the world's stage.

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Feb 27, 2019

We know sea levels are rising. We know average temperatures are warming. We know ice is disappearing at alarming rates.

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Feb 26, 2019

Being here today with this bipartisan group of people working to preserve our land, he is looking from up above and saying: Well done, all of you.

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Feb 26, 2019

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. I rise in strong support of S. 47, the Natural Resources Management Act. And as my colleague from Utah so eloquently stated, this landmark public lands…

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Feb 25, 2019

John Dingell loved this committee. He thought the work that they did was very important, and I hear him in my ear going, 'Woman, get on,' and hearing him in the ears of everybody, 'Work together for the American people.'

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Feb 12, 2019

The administration's refusal to invest in outreach and enrollment is making it harder for Americans to get healthcare.

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Feb 12, 2019

The Trump administration would give insurance companies the green light to once again discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.

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Feb 12, 2019

This guidance is bad for consumers, bad for individuals with preexisting conditions, and bad for taxpayers.

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Feb 12, 2019

These two companies have worked to--if they are combined together we are going to have the New T-Mobile with Mr. Legere sitting at the head who has not made one iota to build out to rural America.

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Feb 12, 2019

Public lands are key to the economic and ecological health of Michigan.

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Feb 12, 2019

This profiteering at the expense of people's health is simply unacceptable.

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Feb 12, 2019

Unfortunately, the Trump administration has elected to ignore the numerous economic, public health, and ecological benefits that public land preservation provides.

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Feb 12, 2019

The need for action is clear--we must work to address climate change without delay by taking strong and decisive action at the Federal level.

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