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