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WASHINGTON, D.C. December 15, 2020 – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) today urged immediate action from Facebook to eradicate anti-Muslim bigotry from the platform and demanded Mark Zuckerberg implement six measures to combat bigoted content. In a letter signed by 29 colleagues, Dingell cited instances of anti-Muslim content on Facebook and recent reports showing the role of the platform in inciting violence against the Muslim community. “Facebook cannot celebrate the success of its platform, while ignoring its role in elevating the dangerous, deadly content targeting Muslim people,” said Congresswoman Dingell. “In Christchurch, New Zealand, a terrorist attack that stole the lives...

Former Vice President Joe Biden has surged ahead of President Trump by a substantial margin in recent polls, but two Democrats from the key swing state of Michigan are not convinced that it means anything. Rep. Debbie Dingell and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reportedly warned voters not to take the recent numbers for granted, noting that a lot can happen between now and November. “Some people say, ‘Oh, look at the numbers,'" Dingell said during a Michigan Women for Biden online event Monday, according to The Detroit News. "I don’t believe these numbers.” Dingell noted that the election is roughly five...

Did You Know John Dingell Once Told Trump to Go to Hell? Dec 19, 2019   RUSH: I checked the email in the break. It says, “Rush, you haven’t commented on Trump’s insulting of John Dingell.” Well, okay. So Trump is in Michigan. Grab sound bite number 20. Looks like this might be it. In three, two, one, go ahead and hit it.THE PRESIDENT: Debbie Dingell, that’s a real beauty. I gave the A-plus treatment. Take down the flags. She calls me up. “It’s the nicest thing that’s ever happened, thank you so much. John would be so thrilled....

On behalf of so many of my fellow veterans: Please take two running jumps and go to hell, Mr. Trump. https://t.co/71EXxOcYnC— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) October 12, 2016

Widowed congresswoman Debbie Dingell on Thursday responded to comments by President Trump at a rally about her late husband, Rep. John Dingell, whom the President implied is “looking up” from hell and said her family “are still hurting” from the loss of her husband. Trump said on Wednesday that he gave the family of the late Michigan representative “A-plus treatment” after John Dingell, the longest serving congressman and a WWII veteran, died. Trump also claimed that his wife, Debbie Dingell, who now holds her husband’s Michigan seat in the House, told Trump that her late husband would have been “thrilled”...

The widow of late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said on Monday that she will launch a campaign to win her husband’s seat as representative of Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. Maryland Democratic Party Chairwoman Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, initially told The Baltimore Sun that she would formally announce her campaign on Tuesday, nearly a month after her husband died of cancer on Oct. 17 at age 68. Rep. Elijiah Cummings served nearly two decades in Congress and played an integral role in the early stages of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump as the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform...

Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., insisted Friday that she will work hard to ensure there is a fair process for President Trump after the House voted along party lines to approve guidelines for their impeachment inquiry. Dingell was pressed by "America's Newsroom" anchor Sandra Smith on whether the process has been fair so far. She answered that Republicans have been present in all of the closed-door depositions, where several current and former national security officials and diplomats have testified about Trump's call to the president of Ukraine. Some have accused Trump of withholding military aid in exchange for an investigation of the Biden family, though the White House...

Former President Clinton joked Thursday that nobody wanted to miss the funeral for Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) because it was their only chance to get "the last word" with the late veteran congressman. "One of the reasons none of us would have missed this is that this is the only time in our entire lives in public service that we were in the same room as John Dingell and got the last word," Clinton said. The remark was met with heavy laughter and applause from the audience, including Clinton's wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who sat next to...

John "control the people" Dingell Dead at 92. Couldn't post the link from Detroit News.

Former Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, is receiving hospice care, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly but told The Associated Press about the 92-year-old Dingell’s condition. Dingell’s wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell, tweeted Wednesday morning that she was with him at their home in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. […] Dingell was first elected in 1955 to fill the House seat vacated by his late father. He was considered a master of legislative deal-making and a staunch advocate for the U.S. auto industry. …

Asked to comment on the stabbing of a police officer at the Flint, Michigan airport by a man yelling "Allahu akbar," Democrat Rep. Debbie Dingell says "we've really got to do something about the demonization that's leading to these kind of incidences." Dingell's district includes Dearborn, the US city with the highest proportion of Arab-Americans.

Rep. Debbie Dingell said Sunday she “wanted to cry” over the AHCA vote and was “deeply disturbed” by the number of white men involved in its passage. “Most of your [Senate] colleagues…have said that they’re gonna back to square one on [the AHCA],” said MSNBC host Thomas Roberts. “But it’s a majority of men. I think 13 men on the Senate side reviewing this.” Dingell sighed and rolled her eyes before responding. “Look, it deeply disturbed me,” Dingell said. “I watched in shock the picture of the Rose Garden after what happened in the House. I really wanted to cry.”...

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D., Mich.) could not name one foreign policy accomplishment by Hillary Clinton from her tenure as secretary of state when asked to do so on Tuesday. [SNIP] “You know … she was an outstanding secretary of state,” Dingell said. “She worked on issues from one side of the world to the other. She got on that plane and she brought people together, and in the [Middle] East, it’s one of the most volatile regions of the country. I know it, because I’m living in Dearborn, Michigan, which has the largest population of Muslims. There are difficult times,...

For the first time in 70 years, no World War II veteran will be sitting in the House of Representatives or in the Senate when 114th Congress convenes Jan. 3, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens. Michigan’s John Dingell, 88, and 91-year-old Ralph Hall, of Texas, were the last of what’s known as the Greatest Generation to serve. Dingell, a Democrat, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944, when he turned 18, and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1955 and holds the distinction of being the...

This is an Audio of Frank Beckmann from WJR AM 760 out of Detroit interviewing Terry Bowman

WASHINGTON — Representative John D. Dingell Jr., Democrat of Michigan, the longest serving member of Congress in history, on Monday was expected to announce that he will not seek re-election in 2014, and will leave Congress in 2015. Mr. Dingell, 87, has served in the House for more than 58 years, under 11 presidents.

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the longest-serving House member in history, will retire at the end of his term, he told the Detriot News in an interview. "I'm not going to be carried out feet first," Dingell told the paper. "I don't want people to say I stayed too long." Dingell, 88, has been in Congress since 1955 and is the longest-serving member in congressional history. The former chairman of the powerful House Energy & Commerce committee cited both health concerns and a frustration with Congress in his decision to retire. "My doctor says I'm OK. And I'm still as smart...

25-year-old Ann Arbor man is challenging U.S. Rep. John Dingell for his seat, claiming the long-time congressman isn't progressive enough.Daniel Marcin, who is pursuing a doctorate in economics at the University of Michigan, filed nearly 1,800 petition signatures with the state on Monday to appear on the ballot.Running as a Democrat, he'll face Dingell, D-Dearborn, in the Aug. 7 primary, competing in Southeast Michigan's newly drawn 12th District."I'm definitely to that guy's left," Marcin said of Dingell, attacking the 85-year-old congressman's record on environmental issues, same-sex marriage and tax policy."John Dingell acts like he's Mr. Senior Congressman," Marcin said. "If...

“You’re talking to a guy who is really sad but also who is really angry,” Rep. John Dingell told Roll Call in a wide-ranging interview on the eve of the 56th anniversary of his 1955 entry to Congress.

Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, the longest serving member of the House, said Thursday that he'll seek another term next year. "It's the greatest job in the world," Dingell told the Detroit News. "I can help people and ... make things better, and I represent some of the finest people on earth. The people in southeast Michigan are nothing short of wonderful." Dingell, 84, was first elected to the House in 1955 in a special election after his father, who previously held the seat, passed away. In February of 2009, he became the longest-ever serving member of the House. In...