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June 9, 2009

American Public Deserves to Know Chemicals Used Near Their Water Sources

June 3, 2009
Mandatory Recall Authority and Traceability Included in Omnibus Food Safety Bill

June 1, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, joined U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today in expressing sadness over the murder of Dr. George Tiller, Medical Director of Women's Health Care Services in Wichita, Kansas.

May 27, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chair Emeritus John D. Dingell, Chairs Henry A. Waxman, Frank Pallone, and Bart Stupak, and Reps. Diana DeGette and Betty Sutton released a discussion draft of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.

May 27, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Castle (R-DE), chief architects of bipartisan legislation overturning former President George W.

May 26, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered the following statement on President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court Justice:

May 20, 2009
Provision Calls for 2.5 Percent Annual Increase in Energy Efficiency

May 19, 2009
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Denver, CO, and Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of Los Angeles, CA today made a friendly wager on the upcoming Denver-Los Angeles Western Conference Finals series in the NBA Playoffs.

May 15, 2009

Trip to Afghanistan Reaffirms Commitment to Afghan People and U.S. Troops

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today supported H.R. 2346, FY 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which passed on a vote of 368 to 60.

May 14, 2009

WASHINGTON – Upon returning from an informative and productive trip to Afghanistan, a bipartisan delegation of female Members of Congress sent a letter to Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai, expressing their deep concern about the treatment of women and erosion of their rights in Afghanistan under the Shiite Personal Status Law recently passed by the National Assembly.