Press Releases
March 21, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement after voting against Senate Amendment to H.R. 933, a Continuing Resolution that funds the federal government through September 30th of this year.
March 19, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, introduced the Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act, and the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act. Both bills provide critical support to Medicare beneficiaries who are diabetic or prediabetic.
March 8, 2013
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-D) and Mike Coffman (CO-R) re-introduced the "Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act" which would ensure that state laws regarding marijuana will not be pre-empted by the federal government.
March 4, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO01) released the following statement on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) study conducted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) on pilot projects for improving product tracing along the food supply system. DeGette was a leading advocate for passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and in particular, the inclusion of traceability as a fundamental component to improve our nation's food safety system.
March 1, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette released the following statement after joining other members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Edith Schlain Windsor, a landmark challenge to Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):
February 28, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement applauding passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA), which extends key protections to all victims of violence:
"Today's passage of a fully inclusive VAWA is a major victory for women across the nation as it contains key protections for LGBT, American Indian, and immigrant victims, makes college campuses safer, helps solve rape crimes, and better addresses victims of human trafficking.
February 26, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – United States Representatives Louise M. Slaughter (NY-25) and Diana DeGette (CO-1), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today issued a joint statement in response to the Congressional Republicans letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for an investigation on how Planned Parenthood and other health centers use their federal funding:
February 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act (HREA), by unanimous vote of 422-0. This bipartisan bill – authored by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) – will facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to study the feasibility of a streamlined two-year permitting process. Their legislation now moves to the U.S.
February 12, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) tonight issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Rep. DeGette is a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
February 7, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) joined with her colleagues on the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in announcing the consensus policy principles they have developed over the past two months to prevent gun violence in our nation. The Task Force was formed in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut that claimed the lives of 20 children, and the ensuing national call to address the devastation caused by gun violence in our country.