1998

Dingell plays a pivotal role in convincing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to forgive the City of Taylor's $16.6 million mortgage on a problematic low income housing development which enabled the City of Taylor to redevelop the complex and turn it into a vibrant and safe part of the community.  (Read the pdf)

11.3.1998

Dingell elected to 23rd term with 67% of the vote, defeating William Morse.  Vote results: 116,145 – 54,121.

11.6.1998

Dingell passes the Automobile Heritage Act of 1998, which established an Automobile National Heritage Area in Michigan, to "conserve, interpret, and develop the historical, cultural, natural, and recreational resources related to the industrial and cultural heritage of the ANHA."

Former Dingell staffer and DaimlerChrysler Executive Dennis Fitzgibbons will say in 2002:  "John Dingell is a skilled legislator who knows how to strike a balance between some very difficult and competing demands.  There isn't a piece of legislation affecting the auto industry, energy and the environment that hasn't had his name on it.  And every time, it's with higher standards for air quality or for safety or fuel economy."  (Detroit News, 8.7.02)