Press Releases

Washington, DC – In response to House Speaker Paul Ryan's announcement that he is pulling from consideration the Trumpcare bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement:

"This bad bill would have ripped health insurance away from millions of people – 24 million over ten years, and 14 million next year alone – and would have provided less care for others at higher cost.

Every day, somewhere in this country there's a news account about how opioid addiction has wrecked a small town or family -- personal stories of typical Americans who became addicted to pain pills, and then got hooked on heroin.

These are heartbreaking stories of Americans dying and leaving loved ones, often children, to pick up the pieces.

The opioid epidemic is unprecedented. It is also escalating, and we need a comprehensive strategy to confront it.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Diana DeGette, Louise Slaughter, Jan Schakowsky, Barbara Lee, Judy Chu, Suzan DelBene, Jerrold Nadler and Katherine Clark today blasted Republicans' latest changes to their disastrous healthcare repeal bill, which threatens the health and well-being of women and families. Under the latest version of the Republican bill, states would be allowed to kick new mothers off Medicaid if they can't find work within 60 days of giving birth.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said President Donald J. Trump's first budget request is short-sighted and would be ruinous for the United States.

"This proposal shows that President Trump's priorities are dangerous," DeGette said. "I am especially concerned that the president plans to gut the State Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institutes of Health.

Denver – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said today's Congressional Budget Office assessment of the Republican bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act proves that Americans would be better off if Congress works on a bipartisan basis to amend the ACA rather than jamming through a unilateral repeal.

Washington, DC – At the Energy & Commerce Committee's overnight markup of the GOP bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, tried to prevent Republicans from continuing their relentless attack on women's reproductive health care. DeGette introduced an amendment with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) to strike a provision in the American Health Care Act that would defund Planned Parenthood.

Washington, DC – At a marathon committee markup, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, fought to protect Coloradans from reckless GOP efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act by resisting Republican committee members' unilateral rush to repeal the ACA and proposing amendments to limit the damage this new legislation would do.

DeGette also proposed amendments to prevent the defunding of Planned Parenthood and to protect millions of Americans from increases in out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles.