Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – In the wake of fresh evidence that the oil and gas industry’s methane emissions are far greater than previously thought, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) joined House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M.
Washington, D.C. – Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, alongside House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), released the following statement after the Supreme Court Decision on National Institute of Family and Life Advocates vs.
Halting family separation is just a first step; reuniting more than 2000 children with their parents and ensuring this disgrace is never repeated will require congressional oversight and legislation
Denver – U.S.
Among her experiences: seeing 45 refugee women who had been separated from their children, meeting kids as young as nine months who are kept from their parents
McAllen, Texas – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, today followed the path of refugees coming into the United States via its southwestern border, visited a “tender age” facility for very young children arriving undocumented in this country, and considered how the scenes she observed and the data she had gathered will inform related policy upon her return to
“We are a nation of laws, not some arbitrarily cruel authoritarian regime.”
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, today said the president’s belated Executive Order does nothing to reverse the damage this disgraceful campaign has inflicted, since it offers no path to reunite the families already affected and will still put children and their parents behind fences, locked doors and even the gates of military bases as th
Warehousing families in detention centers is no solution, must prevent this outrage from happening again
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement today about President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on his new “zero-tolerance” policy that in recent weeks has resulted in more than 2000 children being separated from their parents while seeking asylum or otherwise entering the United States without documentation:
Cites “complete lack of understanding of the law, total insensitivity to the plight of these families and blatant disregard for facts.”
Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, today called for the resignation or firing of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen over the agency’s implementation of the heartless “zero-tolerance” policy that is forcibly removing parents from their children at the U.S. border, along with her repeated lies about the policy and its impact.
Bill would end the Trump Administration’s cruel campaign of separating families at the U.S. border
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, cheered the introduction today of a bill with 190 House Democratic supporters to end family separation at the U.S. border. Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler is the lead sponsor of the Keep Families Together Act (H.R.
Trip will help keep the pressure on the Trump Administration and further bring the issue home
Denver – As part of her ongoing work to reverse the Trump Administration’s new “zero-tolerance” policy of separating children from parents who enter the United States seeking asylum or otherwise come into the country without documentation, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, will travel with colleagues to the Southwestern U.S. border this week.
Washington, DC – Congressional Diabetes Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY) today celebrated a policy change that the caucus had long advocated to modernize Medicare coverage: The federal government will now permit coverage of costs for Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) by patients who track their data using smartphones, tablets and other personal electronic devices.