Honorable John D. Dingell
United States Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Dingell, of the Fifteenth District of Michigan, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1955. He was a practicing attorney from 1952 to 1955 and Wayne County (Michigan) Assistant Prosecuting Attorney from 1953 to 1955. He chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the July 30, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 1108, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.I want to place the legislation we are about to consider in its proper historical context. Fifty-one years ago, in 1957, the Surgeon General first stated that tobacco smoking was linked to cancer.Forty-three…
