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December 11, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010:

December 8, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to table the Nelson amendment:

December 7, 2009

WASHINGTON – As the United States prepares to engage the world on climate change in Copenhagen, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, released the following statement on the Environmental Protections Agency's (EPA) finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and the environment:

December 2, 2009
DeGette and Castle Praise Renewed Investment in Stem Cell Research

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Castle (R-DE), the chief architects of bipartisan stem cell research legislation, released the following joint statement on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approval of the first batch of stem cell lines in accordance with the Guidelines issued in July:

December 2, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee, today released the following statement on the Obama Administration's new Afghanistan policy:

November 19, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today released the following statement regarding the abortion provision included in the U.S. Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:

November 18, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today clarified claims made regarding the Stupak-Pitts Amendment.

November 10, 2009
Stupak-Pitts Amendment Effectively Bans Abortion Coverage in All Plans in the Exchange, including the Public Health Insurance Options and All Private Health Insurance Plans

November 9, 2009
Amendment Effectively Bans Abortion Coverage in All Plans in the Exchange, including the Public Health Insurance Options and All Private Health Insurance Plans

Will Not Vote for Conference Report that Restricts a Women's Right to Choose Any Further than Current Law

November 8, 2009

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today voted in support of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which passed on a bipartisan vote of 220 to 215: