John Dingell in A Governor`s Story, by Jennifer Granholm


On Energy & Oil: Led fight against federal fuel economy standards

Another blow fell on November 20 when Representative Henry Waxman of California unseated Michigan's beloved John Dingell, the longest sitting member in Congress, from his powerful chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Dingell had long championed the perceived interests of the automakers--for example, beating back efforts to increase federal fuel economy standards. It seemed as if Michigan were being stripped of all of its old defenses.
Source: A Governor's Story, by Jennifer Granholm, p.165-166 Oct 1, 2005

The above quotations are from A Governor`s Story
The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future,
by Jennifer Granholm.
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The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future,
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