DeGette Fights Back Against Trump and Elon
I'm fighting back against Trump's extreme actions and calling out the administration wherever I can. As a member of Congress, I can demand that federal agencies provide answers to questions that I have, and I am pursuing every option available to stand up for Denver and stop Trump's devastating assault on our federal government. I put together this list of what I have been doing since Trump was sworn into office.
IN THE NEWS
STATEMENTS
- DeGette Statement on Extreme Republican Funding Bill 03.11.2025
- DeGette Statement on Donald Trump’s Shameful Joint Address 03.05.2025
- DeGette Statement Ahead of Trump’s Address to Congress 03.04.2025
- DeGette Blasts Passage of Republicans’ Plan to Gut Medicaid 02.25.2025
- DeGette Joins Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group 02.13.2025
- Health Ranking Member DeGette Statement on Republican Assault on Health Care 02.12.2025
- Ranking Member DeGette Blasts Trump/Musk Attacks on Health Care 02.06.2025
- DeGette Statement on Alarming Actions by Elon Musk and Trump Administration 02.03.2025
- DeGette Statement on Trump Administration Chaos and Confusion 01.29.2025
- DeGette Statement on Trump’s Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze 01.28.2025
- DeGette Statement on Preliminary Trump Administration Recklessness 01.21.2025
LETTERS
Federal Agencies
- Letter to SBA Administrator Loeffler Regarding Relocation of Denver SBA Office 03.20.2025
- Letter to Action GSA Administrator Regarding Planned Closures of NOAA, DOI, and USFS 03.20.2025
- Letter to Acting FEMA Administrator Regarding Pause on NSGP Grants 03.20.2025
- Letter to SSA Acting Administrator Opposing Cuts to Phone Services 03.19.2025
- Letter to Sec. Rubio and Sec. Noem Regarding Mahmoud Khalil 03.14.2025
- Letter to GAO administrator to develop a database to systematically track frozen funds 03.11.2025
- Letter to Sec. Rubio Urging Administration to Restore USAID's Operational Capacity 03.03.2025
- Letter to President Trump on Protecting USAID Assistance to Women and Girls 02.14.2025
- Letter to President Trump on NLRB Wilcox Firing 02.13.2025
- Letter to Acting Director Bessent on CFPB Work Halt 02.08.2025
- Letter to DOJ on Concerns Over ENRD Reassignments 02.07.2025 (PDF unavailable)
- Letter to Director Vought on Federal Dataset Removals 02.07.2025
- Letter to DOC Secretary on Federal Funding Freeze and Compliance with Court Orders 02.05.2025
- Letter to DOJ regarding recent stop work orders for Legal Programs 01.30.2025
- Letter to OMB and Director Hassett Requesting List of Trump EO Paused Projects 01.27.2025
Education:
- Letter to President Trump to Support our Public Schools and Withdraw School Choice Executive Order 02.14.2025
- Letter to Acting Education Secretary Requesting a meeting to Discuss Plans to Dismantle the Department of Education 02.05.2025
Environment:
- Letter to Secretary Lutnick on NOAA Funding 03.21.2025
- Letter to Administrator Zeldin on Potential EPA Budget Cuts 03.10.2025
- Letter to Commerce Secretary Lutnick Opposing Purge of NOAA Staff and Scientists 03.05.2025
- Letter to Secs. Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland Security on Paused Wildfire Spending 02.11.2025
- Letter to Speaker Johnson and Leader Jeffries to Stand Strong on Climate Action 01.16.2025
Energy:
- Letter to Sec. Wright on Liquefied Natural Gas exports and energy prices 03.13.2025
Federal Worker Layoffs:
- Letter to Deputy Postmaster General Opposing Firing 10,000 USPS Workers 03.26.2025
- Letter to OPM on Federal Workers 03.11.2025
- Letter to Acting IRS Commissioner to Oppose IRS Mass Layoffs 03.05.2025
- Letter to President Trump and Sec. Rollins to Reverse Forest Service Layoffs 02.26.2025
- Letter to Energy Secretary Wright regarding layoffs of probationary employees 02.26.2025
- Letter to Sec. Burgum on DOI Firings in Colorado 02.25.2025
Health:
- Letter to President Trump on HIV Prevention Division 03.21.2025
- Letter to Acting CDC Director on the status of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System 03.12.2025
- Letter to CMS Administrator demanding answers regarding the reported firings 03.10.2025
- Letter to Chairs Guthrie, Carter, and Palmer to convene an immediate hearing with Sec. RFK Jr. regarding the measles outbreak 03.07.2025
- Letter to Speaker Johnson on Cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid 03.03.25
- Letter to Sec. RFK Jr. on CDC Terminations 02.27.2025
- Letter to Acting NIH Director on Cuts to Research Funding 02.14.2025
- Letter to Secretary Kennedy requesting a meeting and outlining the importance of protecting Americans' access to health care 02.13.2025
- Letter to Sec. Rubio on PEPFAR Freeze 02.10.2025
- Letter to Acting NIH Director on Clinical Trials + Research Impacts Concerns 02.05.2025
- Letter to HHS on Federal Funding Freeze and Compliance with Court Orders 02.05.2025
- Letter to OMB and HHS Leadership on Funding Freeze Health Impacts 01.28.2025
Immigration
- Letter Supporting Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children 03.26.2025
- Letter Opposing IRS Giving Immigrants' Data to Homeland Security 03.25.2025
Anti-LGBTQ+ Opposition:
Trump’s Extreme Actions
- Letter to President Trump on Independent Inspector Generals 2.25.2025
- Letter to Chairs Guthrie, Palmer to demand a hearing on President Trump’s sweeping purge of Inspectors General (IG) throughout the federal government 02.19.2025
- Letter to President Trump in Opposition to Trump's Gaza Takeover Remarks 02.12.2025
- Letter to White House, State, Commerce, and USTR regarding tariffs on Mexico and Canada 02.03.2025