Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s announcement of new tools to strengthen oversight of energy markets and crack down on excessive and illegal speculation. According to some estimates, excessive speculation adds up to 50 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline.
DENVER – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s Executive Order creating an interagency working group to support responsible development of domestic natural gas resources. Rep.
Washington, DC— Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A.
WASHINGTON – Tonight, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) hailed the House passage of the Food Safety Enhancement Act, of which she is an original cosponsor. To address procedural concerns, the bill was included as part of the Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 Act, and now returns to the Senate for final passage, before it goes to the President's desk for his signature.
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Elijah Cummings and Congresswoman Diana DeGette released the following statement on the vicious and inappropriate attacks leveled on Ms. Sandra Fluke today.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today issued the following statement regarding U.S. Senator Mark Udall’s announcement of a process to create wilderness designations in Colorado.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today issued the following statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement of steps to increase the supply of critically needed cancer drugs, and build on President Obama's Executive Order to help prevent future drug shortages. DeGette is the author, along with U.S. Rep.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for a rehearing that sought to overturn the Clinton Era Roadless Rule. The appellants – the State of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association – now have 90 days to file a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Diana DeGette, Frank Pallone, Jr., Rosa L. DeLauro, and Carolyn B. Maloney sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg urging the agency to take action on recommendations by the FDA’s General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel.