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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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Sep 27, 2023

I really do want to work with my colleagues because we have to have some change. But I don't think corporations should just be able to do what they want. I think it needs to be a balanced system.

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Sep 27, 2023

NEPA is the strongest tool our communities have in protecting themselves and their environment.

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Sep 27, 2023

Many of you know that my husband was the person that wrote the original NEPA Act, and it was really important to him.

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Sep 20, 2023

As I said, the workers were telling me in the halls this weekend how much overtime they have been working just to keep up, but there also have been chemical spills that are happening in nonunion plants. We have to talk to the occupational…

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Sep 17, 2023

I want to keep presidential politics out of this and do what's right from a policy perspective.

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Sep 17, 2023

We have got to make sure the worker can afford to buy that electric vehicle... that they're going to have the support that they do.

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Sep 17, 2023

We are in a transition of this industry. We're competing in a world marketplace.

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Sep 17, 2023

I do not believe that the president should intervene or be at the negotiating table. I have said that from the beginning.

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Sep 17, 2023

I do not believe that the president should intervene or be at the negotiating table.

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Sep 17, 2023

I do not believe that the president should intervene or be at the negotiating table. I have said that from the beginning.

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Sep 14, 2023

We cannot let future mobility be dictated to us by foreign competitors when we put the world on wheels. I love my Republican colleagues, and they know that I do, but we couldn't get the defense bill this week so we are playing this game…

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Sep 13, 2023

I think that the doctor-patient relationship is very important.

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Sep 13, 2023

There are too many people that don't have access to a doctor.

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Sep 13, 2023

Somehow, in their eyes, this doesn't qualify as government overreach or interference in the doctor-patient relationship.

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Sep 13, 2023

If my colleagues on the other side of the aisle genuinely believe that vaccine requirements constitute government overreach, then they must acknowledge that abortion bans, and contraception restrictions enacted across this country are…

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Sep 13, 2023

A bunch of extreme politicians said, 'I know better.'

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Sep 13, 2023

Legal challenges to undue restrictions on abortion procedures do not seek to vindicate some generalized notion of privacy.

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Sep 13, 2023

It is a decision she must make for herself.

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Sep 13, 2023

But having this discussion while simultaneously advancing an extreme agenda to undercut reproductive healthcare and insist that elected officials know better than doctors and patients is really rich.

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Sep 13, 2023

I could always ask you to join my fight for Medicare For All, but we won't do that right now.

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Sep 13, 2023

The ability for all women to make their own decisions about their healthcare is at risk.

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Sep 12, 2023

Today's hearing is focused on critical minerals, which we all know is critical and essential for our transition to the clean energy economy...

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Jul 26, 2023

These public health measures enacted in support and in consultation with public health experts... have been proven to reduce harm and save lives.

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Jul 26, 2023

The COVID-19 vaccine saves lives.

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Jul 26, 2023

It is by putting people over politics. It is by making sure people have access to accurate and timely information about the thoroughly proven safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

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