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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) pressed House Leadership to include resources to protect residents facing high water bills and water shutoff as Congress considers a fourth response package to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Reps. Tlaib, Dingell Call on TSA to Safeguard DTW Employees Health, Wellbeing During COVID—19 Crisis
DETROIT—Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) sent a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske calling on the agency to safeguard the health and wellbeing of TSA employees at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) during the COVID—19 crisis, as well as answer a series of questions about its respo
DETROIT – On Tuesday, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) hosted a telephone town hall to update the residents of the 13th Congressional District on actions being taken to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Rep. Tlaib was joined by Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist and Crystal Hepburn, a nurse and public health expert with the Detroit Health Department.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) released the following statement following the passage of the third coronavirus response bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act:
DETROIT – Yesterday, Congressmembers Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) wrote a letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) to ensure any coronavirus relief belief bill the House approves include a mandate requiring the Federal Reserve Bank to provide relief for the secondary
DETROIT – On Wednesday, Congressmembers Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), and Dan Kildee (MI-05) led a letter signed by 80 members of the House of Representatives urging leadership to include a water shutoff prohibition in the final version of the latest COVID-19 stimulus bill.
Elected Officials Urge Cleveland Cliffs/AK Steel to Protect Worker Health and Safety During COVID-19
DEARBORN, MI - After receiving several complaints from workers at the AK Steel plant in Dearborn, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), State Representative Abdullah Hammoud (HD-15), Senator Stephanie Chang (SD-01), and Senator Sylvia Santana (SD-03) are calling on Cleveland Cliffs, the new owner of the plant, to take all necessary measures
DETROIT – On Monday, Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced legislation to help give state, territorial, and local governments the critical funding they need to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduced the Public Health Emergency Shelter Act of 2020, legislation to provide critical funding to states and local governments responding to the nee
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