Congresswomen emphasize water as a human right in push to renew COVID-era water assistance program

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 581

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Speaking at a Dearborn Heights press conference Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) relied heavily on the framework of water as a human right in explaining the need for their two new bills that would establish a permanent federal assistance program for low-income households to pay for water.

Tlaib’s bill, the Water Access and Affordability Act, would make permanent the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program, a COVID-era assistance program …

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