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August 30, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive three awards totaling $8,062,199 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research in a variety of academic areas. 

August 3, 2016 Press Release

DEARBORN, MI – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive a $2,565,643 research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create tools to capture data transformations from statistical analysis packages that will reduce the costs of analyzing large amounts of data.

July 28, 2016 Press Release

DEARBORN, MI – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today announced that the University of Michigan will receive a $1,250,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve performance of engines that burn fuel in combustion processes and power the electrical grid, while reducing greenhouse emissions. 

May 31, 2016 In The News

The Washtenaw Community College Honorary Associate Degree in Community Service is designed to recognize individuals who support WCC and its students in an extraordinary fashion. It also recognizes a life of service that has benefited the entire community.

For those reasons, and many others, the college’s Board of Trustees honored Congresswoman Deborah “Debbie” Dingell with the special degree at the 2016 commencement ceremony.

Debbie Dingell quoteDingell was elected to Michigan’s 12th District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014.

May 20, 2016 In The News

ANN ARBOR, MI — The University of Michigan and Ann Arbor businesses are at the forefront of innovation, says U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, but lawmakers must make comprehensive reforms and invest more in research if they want them to succeed.

That's what Dingell, D-Dearborn, said after an Innovation Agenda 2.0 roundtable discussion with other lawmakers and local business leaders at the Ann Arbor SPARK offices on Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor on Friday.

May 11, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, last week introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that will champion the FIRST Robotics program. Upton and Dingell were joined by original cosponsors, Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Illinois, and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon. 

April 22, 2016 Press Release

ANN ARBOR, MI – U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today celebrated Earth Day with local students in Ann Arbor. Dingell met with third and fourth graders at Ann Arbor Open School to talk about government and what Earth Day means. She then visited students, teachers and parents at Honey Creek Community School, where a day of activities was planned to celebrate the planet and deepen students’ understanding of the shared responsibility to protect it.

February 1, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07) today announced that the River Raisin National Battlefield Park was awarded a $21,000 grant from the National Park Service (NPS). Administered as part of the NPS's Centennial Challenge program to improve visitor services and outreach, this new grant will help the River Raisin National Battlefield Park conduct a hands-on maritime camp for students from underrepresented communities.

December 18, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today joined colleagues in the House to adopt, by a vote of 316 to 113, the fiscal year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which funds the government for 2016.

“This comprehensive funding bill isn’t perfect, but it represents a bipartisan compromise that has many victories for America’s working families.  

December 17, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C.Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) released the following statement today on the Protecting Against Tax Hikes (PATH) Act.