Press Releases
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), a senior member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement after the National Lab of the Rockies (NLR) announced an involuntary Reduction in Force (RIF):
“Donald Trump promised to lower costs on day one. Now, electricity prices have spiked 13% since he took office. Yet, his administration has declared war on renewable energy projects that save Americans money, putting enormous stress on labs like Colorado’s National Lab of the Rockies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) reintroduced the Colorado Wilderness Act, a landmark bill that would permanently protect more than 720,000 acres of wilderness across 36 distinct areas in Colorado with the highest level of federal protection available.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressional Diabetes Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), Express Scripts, Inc., and its affiliated entities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that twelve Community Project Funding (CPF) requests she championed for Denver were signed into law as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) and Transportation–Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations packages.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement ahead of voting against the funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
“DHS under Secretary Noem and President Trump is out of control. Federal immigration agents have beaten, detained, shot, and killed immigrants and American citizens. ICE must be defunded and dismantled, and I cannot support another dime to DHS until that happens.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after voting against the minibus funding package for Defense, Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS), and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD):
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement before voting against the Department of Homeland Security funding bill:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, introduced the Follow the Science Act to shield the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from political interference and protect the integrity of America's biomedical research.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after Donald Trump announced a health care “proposal.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following after cosponsoring articles of impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of their introduction:
“Secretary Kristi Noem is unfit to serve as DHS Secretary because she has committed numerous impeachable offenses. She has obstructed Congressional oversight, directly violated a court order, violated public trust, and engaged in corruption to enrich herself and close associates.