Press Releases

DeGette, Ranking Members Warn Of Dangers Of E-Cigarette Advertising

November 4, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette, Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg warning that electronic cigarette companies are targeting young smokers with the same advertising and marketing practices that major cigarette companies used for decades to hook teen smokers.

DeGette Opening Statement At Hearing On Healthcare.Gov

October 24, 2013

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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) offered the following opening statement at the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s hearing on improving Healthcare.gov.

Rep. DeGette’s opening statement, as delivered, is below:

“Thank you very much Mr. Pallone.

“As we’ve heard, we are here today to find out what the problem is with the healthcare.gov website and how we can fix these multiple technical problems.

DeGette , Blackburn, Green, Gingrey, Walden And Butterfield Introduce SOFTWARE Act

October 23, 2013

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN07), Gene Green (D-TX29), Dr. Phil Gingrey (R-GA11), Greg Walden (R-OR02), and G. K. Butterfield (D-NC01) introduced the Sensible Oversight for Technology which Advances Regulatory Efficiency (SOFTWARE) Act to provide regulatory clarity regarding mobile medical applications, clinical decision support, electronic health records, and other health care related software.

DeGette Statement On Vote To Reopen Government And Avoid Default

October 16, 2013

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement regarding her vote to reopen the federal government and avoid defaulting on our nation’s debt. The bill passed the House tonight by a vote of 285 – 144, and it now goes to President Obama for his signature.

“The bill I voted for tonight is far from perfect, but it fulfills our most basic obligations to keep the federal government running and pay our nation’s bills.

DeGette Cosponsors H.R.15, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill

October 3, 2013

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep Diana DeGette (CO-1) announced she is cosponsoring H.R.15, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, a comprehensive reform bill that closely mirrors the commonsense, compromise bill passed by the U.S. Senate in June by a vote of 68 to 32. The only difference between the two bills is this Act replaces the Corker-Hoeven border security provisions in the Senate-passed bill with the bipartisan McCaul-Thompson border security bill unanimous approved by the U.S.

DeGette Statement On Shutdown Of Federal Government

October 1, 2013

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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement regarding the shutdown of the federal government:

“Tonight’s shut down of our federal government is nothing short of reprehensible. The United States Congress failed the American people when the House Republican majority proactively chose to place extreme ideology over the good of our nation and the stability of our economy.

DeGette Statement On Piecemeal Spending Bills

October 1, 2013

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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement regarding her votes against the piecemeal spending bills the House Republican Leadership brought up for a vote this evening:

“As House Republicans presented three mini spending bills for our vote tonight, I have a simple message for them: Get real.

“We are nearly 24 hours into a shutdown that is hurting our economy and the American people, while they play games with piecemeal spending bills. This is no way to govern and our nation deserves better.

DeGette Statement On Continuing Resolution Vote

September 29, 2013

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WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement regarding her vote against the latest House Republican version of a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government after September 30, 2013.

“Once again, the Republican majority has placed its own extreme ideology over the good of the American people. House Leadership forced yet another vote on legislation rife with poison pills, and in so doing, has brought us to the brink of a government shutdown.

DeGette Lauds House Passage Of Compounding Drug Bill That Improves Safety Of Drug Supply Chain

September 28, 2013

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(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) lauded passage of H.R. 3204 The Drug Quality and Security Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was the result of intensive bipartisan, bicameral efforts to help ensure the safety of compounding drugs and help save patients’ lives. DeGette and her colleagues, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), led those efforts in the House after a series of hearings last Fall in the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations into the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 and sickened over 750.

DeGette, Pro-Choice Caucus Statement On House GOP’s Attempt To Limit Women’s Access To Contraception In CR

September 28, 2013

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WASHINGTON – Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement after language to limit women’s access to contraception was added to an amendment seeking to delay the Affordable Care Act until 2015 to the continuing resolution (H.J. Res.