DeGette Appointed To Key Subcommittees

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today released thefollowing statement on receiving her subcommittee assignments on theHouse Energy and Commerce Committee and Natural Resources Committee:

"During the 111th Congress, I am looking forward to serving on both ofthese important Committees to accomplish many of my priorities. Fromdeveloping a comprehensive health care reform package and addressingthe challenge of global climate change on the Energy and CommerceCommittee, to preserving wilderness and reversing many of the BushAdministration's misguided public lands policies on the NaturalResources Committee, this Congress will tackle issues that Coloradoansand the American public said during last year's election demandattention," said DeGette.

House Energy and Commerce Committee, Vice Chair

·    Subcommittee on Health

·    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

·    Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection

·    Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and, the Internet

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House Natural Resources Committee, Member

·    The Subcommittee on Public Lands

·    The Subcommittee on Insular Affairs

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