Between them, the father and son represented the 20th for 52 consecutive years; the only father and son combination to serve longer in the House has been the Dingells of Michigan, who have represented the state's 15th District for 80 consecutive years.
In 1999 Michigan Congressman John Dingell hosted the Downriver Summit, in which the Downriver Linked Greenways were created.
On June 27, 2003, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened the National Do Not Call Registry in order to comply with the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-10, was H.R. 395 of the 108th Congress, and codified at 15 U.S.C. § 6101 et. seq.), sponsored by Representatives Billy Tauzin and John Dingell and signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 11, 2003.
It was included in the bill largely thanks to the work of Michigan natives and United States senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, as well as history enthusiast and iconic Congressman John Dingell.
The seat was held by Democrat Jamie Whitten of Charleston for 54 years — the longest tenure of any congressman until Michigan representative John Dingell passed the mark on February 11, 2009.
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He was also the third longest-serving member of the House, after fellow Democrats John Dingell and John Conyers, both of Michigan.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the 89th Congress in 1964, losing to fellow Democrat John Dingell.
In August 2008, it was revealed that oil speculators had increased the volatility of the price of oil; Congressman John Dingell criticized the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for failing to scrutinize oil futures traders, in particular the Swiss company Vitol.