John Dingell's Death

The politician John Dingell died at the age of 92. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Politician and Democrat who became member of the US House of Representatives in 1955 and served 29 consecutive terms. He became Dean of the House in 1995 and has Chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee for many years.

He had four children from his marriage to Helen Henebry.

Quotes

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I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies.

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I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

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Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn’t let it go to his head. However, he thinks he would be a very, very good chairman.

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Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.

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Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax – and it’s a great big one.