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21 |
Tele-Town Hall 2 |
On May 5, 2008, Congressman Dingell led a Tele-Town Hall Meeting with constituents in the 15th District. He discussed his work on issues including energy security and global warming, universal healthcare, foreclosures and the war in Iraq. More than 3,900 people participated in a portion of the town hall. |
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20 |
Tobacco |
On April 2, 2008, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which I chair, passed H.R. 1108, the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.” This important legislation addresses our longstanding concern with tobacco use, especially by our Nation’s youth. |
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19 |
Medicaid Regulations |
I want to commend my House colleagues on passing H.R. 5613, the “Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act,” which I authored with Representative Tim Murphy. This bill will place a temporary, one-year moratorium on seven Bush Administration-imposed Medicaid regulations would make significant cuts to the Medicaid program. |
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18 |
Concern About Housing |
It’s no secret that homeowners across America are facing dangerous times. Our economy is hurting, particularly the financial sector. We have a bonafide credit crisis and it is devastating our homeowners and our housing market. |
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Tele-Town Hall Meeting |
On January 9, 2008, Congressman Dingell led a Tele-Town Hall Meeting with constituents in the 15th District. He discussed his work on issues including energy security and global warming, universal healthcare, toy safety and the war in Iraq. More than 2,800 people participated in a portion of the town hall. |
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16 |
Toy Safety |
I have said on multiple occasions that a country’s highest responsibility is to protect its children. I am pained to say that it appears that in this duty, the United States government has been derelict, allowing dangerous toys – some containing lead paint or even worse – to slip past our borders.
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Carbon Tax |
Congressman Dingell invites listeners to review a proposal and share their thoughts on a potentially important component in the greater effort to address global warming - a carbon fee, which will ultimately reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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Climate Change |
The following podcast is the statement Congressman Dingell delivered to the Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 27, 2007: Today we will consider a series of energy bills that will accomplish much good. The efficiency provisions alone will remove more than 8.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, an amount equal to the annual emissions of all of the cars on the road in America today. |
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The digital television transition is a matter that, despite what some of you may tell you, is not yet resolved. Congress must do all within its power to ensure that television sets do not go black when the signal is switched. The Committee on Energy and Commerce last month held the first oversight hearing on the digital television transition since the law that set a hard date to turn off analog television was enacted more than a year ago.
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The Committee on Energy and Commerce is now considering the scientific question of whether greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are contributing, and will continue to contribute, to a warming of the planet. While many of us have had significant doubts on this question in the past, it seems to me that the science on this question has been settled.
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CAFE Standards |
The Corporate Average Fuel Economy has had some successes, and some shortcomings. Fuel economy today is double that of thirty years ago, in part -- but only in part -- because of CAFE. The program’s flaw is that it regulates what automakers are able to sell, not what they are technologically capable of producing. The consumer ultimately determines the average fuel economy of an automaker’s fleet with what he or she actually buys. |
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Detainees |
The September 11th attacks and the War on Terror have caused us to ask questions about our Constitution. In this age of terrorism, the United States has failed to ensure that we live up to our Constitutional ideals concerning our conduct toward those captured in this war. Rather than trying those suspected of terrorism, we have shipped many to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where they remain in legal purgatory. Congressman Dingell discusses the issue. |
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9 |
The Do-Nothing Congress |
Despite the fact that they control the White House and both bodies of Congress by a comfortable majority, Republicans have done nothing to address the real problems facing American families. Moreover, the Republican rubber-stamp Congress has neglected its oversight responsibilities not just by turning a blind eye to executive branch activities, but by giving the President carte-blanche authority over the federal government. Congressman Dingell runs down the failures of the Republican Congress. |
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8 |
The Medicare Donut Hole |
The prescription drug program became available to Medicare beneficiaries in January of this year and has been plagued with problems throughout its implementation and operation. Nearly 7 million seniors and people with disabilities who receive Medicare are estimated to have high drug costs and fall into this coverage gap – known as the donut hole. Congressman Dingell says it is time to do what is right for seniors and fix the donut hole in the Medicare drug benefit. |
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7 |
One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina |
This week will mark the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, much of the Gulf Coast remains devastated and residents are still struggling to rebuild their lives. Katrina showed our country how powerless our government was to help those in need. As we remember this tragedy, it is important that we also remember that our work is not done. We must continue to rebuild and restore the Gulf Coast and also work improve our government’s emergency management capabilities. |
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Clean Water Act |
Before the Clean Water Act was passed in 1972, the waters of this country were treated as little more than open sewers. The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Rapanos v. US and Carabell v. US remanding the Clean Water case back to the lower courts has muddled the intent of Congress and completely distorted the purpose of the Clean Water Act. This decision poses a threat to waters across the country. |
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Iraq - From the House Floor |
On June 15th, Congressman Dingell spoke out on the Iraq War as the House debated a resolution supporting the President's management of the conflict. Dingell voted against the war in 2003. |
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Telecomm |
On June 8th, the House of Representatives voted on a telecommunications bill that will dramatically change how all of us get our information, watch television, or send e-mail. |
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3 |
We Must Do More for the People of Darfur |
One of this world's on-going tragedies is the horrific genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. Over the past three years, more than 400,000 Sudanese have been murdered and 2.5 million - almost the size of the population of Chicago - are homeless due to the conflict and genocide. Congressman Dingell says America, as the world's only superpower, has a special responsibility to end this conflict and bring about peace. |
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Healthcare for All Americans |
Currently, 45.8 million Americans have no health insurance, including more than 8 million children. We must do all we can either incrementally or systematically to bring our fellow Americans in from the cold and provide them the health security every American deserves. |
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Immigration |
New legal immigrants deserve a path to citizenship and the benefits that come with it, while lawbreakers should be punished and denied the privileges awarded to those who go down the proper path. |
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