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November 3, 2011

WASHINGTON – The following is Rep. DeGette's Opening Statement as prepared for delivery at today's Business Meeting of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations:

Mr. Chairman, this is a sad day in the annals of this august Subcommittee.

November 2, 2011

Washington, DC— Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A.

October 27, 2011

WASHINGTON– U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today inresponse to the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the Defense of MarriageAct. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of current and former gay andlesbian service members who had been denied equal military family benefits, andRep.

October 21, 2011

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals announced their ruling upholding the Clinton-era Roadless Rule. Thanks to this ruling most logging and roadbuilding is now prohibited on nearly 50 million acres of national forest land.

October 21, 2011

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today following President Barack Obama's announcement that the U.S. will withdraw completely from Iraq by the end of the year.

October 21, 2011

Washington, DC— Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to Jensen Farms to request a staff briefing on the recent outbreak of Listeria that originated in cantaloupe at the farm in Granada, Colorado.

October 20, 2011

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette issued the following statement today following the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Gadhafi was killed while attempting to flee the city of Sirte.

October 19, 2011

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) findings on the recent outbreak of Listeria monoctyogenes in cantaloupe.

October 12, 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement following her votes on three key trade agreements. DeGette voted in favor of legislation implementing trade agreements reached between the United States and the governments of South Korea and Panama; and opposed legislation strengthening trade ties with Columbia.

October 12, 2011

Washington, DC— Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns urging that he invite a representative from the Department of Energy (DOE) to testify at Friday's hearing.