Press Releases
August 1, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) offered the following opening statement at the Committee on Energy and Commerce's hearing on implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In her opening statement, Rep. DeGette highlighted the benefits the ACA is already providing in Colorado's 1st Congressional District and across the nation. DeGette also encouraged her colleagues on both sides of the aisle to ensure they are helping educate their constituents on implementation of this important law.
July 31, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter(D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement commemorating tomorrow's one-year anniversary of theAffordable Care Act's (ACA) preventive health services provision forwomen. The provision requires most health insurers to cover certainwomen's preventive health care services, including birth control andwell-woman visits, with no cost-sharing to theindividual:
July 19, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) submitted the following statement to the Congressional Record to mark the one-year anniversary of the shootings at an Aurora theater that claimed the lives of 12 individuals, and injured 70 more.
"It has now been a year since our Colorado community was shaken by an inexplicable and horrific act of violence that left 12 innocent men, women and children dead, and 70 injured…
July 10, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Texas legislature's passage of an unconstitutional, anti-choice piece of legislation:
June 28, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner calling on him to bring a comprehensive immigration reform bill to the floor for a vote. Whether it is the Senate version, which passed that chamber on a broad bipartisan basis, or the House bipartisan version that has been in negotiations, DeGette believes Congress must fulfill its duty to address this critical issue for the nation.
June 28, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Administration's announcement of the final rules on contraception coverage and religious organizations:
June 27, 2013
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June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBT Caucus, released the following statement after the introduction of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would ensure the full repeal of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Rep. DeGette is an original co-sponsor of the bill.
June 26, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court's rulings today to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and to dismiss the appeal of California's Proposition 8, which will now allow marriage to resume in our nation's largest state. Earlier this year, Rep. DeGette, who is Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBT Caucus, signed an amicus brief on DOMA, urging the Court to overturn this discriminatory law.
June 25, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court's decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: