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A graphic of Rep. DeGette stating "$40 million requested for Denver area projects."
May 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has requested more than $40 million to fund more than a dozen community projects in the Denver area that are designed to make more affordable housing, food and essential health services available to those in need.
May 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – chair of the House panel that oversees the FDA and is spearheading the investigation into the nationwide shortage of baby formula – said today that one of the issues the committee is focused on, as it prepares for next week’s hearing, is why it took federal regulators so long to identify and remedy concerns raised with Abbott Nutrition’s baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan.
May 17, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – chair of the House panel that oversees the FDA and is spearheading the ongoing investigation into the nationwide shortage of baby formula – announced today that the panel will hold a hearing next week to hear directly from three of the nation’s largest baby formula manufacturers about what’s causing the shortage and what needs to be done to fix it.
May 11, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following joint statement on the Senate voting today to block the passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act, a landmark piece of legislation the House passed in September to codify Roe v. Wade and protect Americans’ right to abortion care:
May 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following joint statement in response to reports about a draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:
April 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.
March 30, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that it will invest $350 million to restore a 6.5 mile stretch of the South Platte River running through Denver.
March 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Executives from six of the nation’s largest oil companies have agreed to testify before a key congressional panel next week about the rising cost of gasoline.
March 28, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) on the president’s budget proposal released today:
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DeGette meets at a table with 3 women
March 22, 2022
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) met today with three Ukrainian women who recently arrived in Denver after they were forced to flee the violence in Ukraine.