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April 9, 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement regarding the budget agreement to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year, and avoid a government shutdown.

March 29, 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement following President Barack Obama's address to the American people about U.S. military action in Libya.

March 19, 2011

DENVER - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama's decision to begin military action in Libya without securing Congressional authority.

March 17, 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today voted against H.R. 1076 which would prohibit federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR), crippling NPR, public radio stations, and programming vital to more than 27 million Americans each week. Unfortunately the bill, advanced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-5), passed the Republican-controlled House.

March 4, 2011

Washington, DC — Today U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, in her role as Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, joined with her colleagues, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (CA), and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., (NJ) in calling for House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings to investigate evidence of waste and fraud in the Medicare Part D drug benefit program.

February 15, 2011

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement today regarding President Barack Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget. The President's budget cuts and consolidates government programs in order to achieve over $1 trillion in deficit reduction by 2021.

February 1, 2011

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman DeGette joined with Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey in releasing the first findings from the House Energy and Commerce Committee's year-long investigation into the energy exploration practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

January 26, 2011

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Diana DeGette (CO-1) presided for the first time as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations within the Energy and Commerce Committee. During the hearing DeGette, began her fight to stand behind commonsense rules that protect the American people's health, financial security, and safety.

January 24, 2011

WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) tonight issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. DeGette is a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.