Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today sent the following letter to President Barack Obama, Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling on them to break the partisan gridlock gripping Washington by initiating a simplified process that would resolve the pending default crisis, ensure deficit reduction, and preserve the long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. The signed letter can be found here, and the text is as follows:
WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) introduced the Research Participants Protection Act, a bill designed to modernizeand improve our nation's system for safeguarding the volunteers who participatein research trials to find cures and treatments for diseases. Patients in these trials have lost theirlives, or become injured or severely ill, due to inadequate protections to keepthem safe, discouraging some people from participating in research studies.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to tonight's breakdown in negotiations over a deal to raise the debt ceiling:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement following House passage of H.R. 2560. The bill, which would require passage of a constitutional amendment out of both the House and Senate prior to raising the debt ceiling, includes cuts even steeper than the devastating Ryan budget and caps federal outlays at levels not seen since 1966.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on additional preventive health services that should be covered and provided to women at no cost, under insurance plans created by the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) submitted the following comments yesterday to the U.S. Forest Service in response to their proposed Colorado Roadless Rule. The Forest Service is considering a state-specific rule to manage inventoried roadless areas on national forest lands in Colorado, rather than complying with the national rule. Despite having slightly stronger protections than an earlier state-specific version, the proposed rule falls short of the standard existing under the national rule and lacks critical safeguards for Colorado's national forests.
"As a fourth-generation Coloradoan, I know firsthand that Colorado's beautiful lands are one of our state's greatest resources," said DeGette.
ENGLEWOOD – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today marked the introduction of the Stem Cell Research Advancement Act of 2011 with a visit to the world-renowned Craig Hospital, where she toured the Top Ten rehabilitation facility and met with hospital leadership, staff, and their patients. DeGette spoke of the tremendous potential of ethical embryonic stem cell research to the health of patients like those at Craig, as well as to the economic strength of our nation.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Charlie Dent (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Stem Cell Research Advancement Act, to ensure a lasting framework overseeing ethical stem cell research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and finally bring certainty to the scientific community pursuing life-saving cures and treatments.
"I commend President Obama for honoring his commitment to begin troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, but I urge him to provide his long-term strategy for total withdrawal as soon as possible. U.S. forces' elimination of Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaeda leadership – and the subsequent weakening of their organization in Afghanistan – underscore how our mission in that country has shifted and how the time has come to bring our troops home."