Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today joined U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) in leading the House of Representatives in a moment of silence in honor of the 10 year anniversary of the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Below are here comments as prepared for delivery:
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO-1) and Mike Castle (R-DE) introduced a bill to help prevent diabetes from affecting children and families in minority communities.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Castle (R-DE), chief architects of bipartisan legislation expanding stem cell research, today commented on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) draft guidelines for the federal funding of stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research. On March 16, Reps.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that Alden Weissfeld, a Thomas Jefferson High School junior, won the 2009 First Congressional District Arts Competition. As part of the award, Mr. Weissfeld's, "An Old Time," painting, will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. He will also accompany Rep.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today made the case for the urgent need to reform our nation's health care system during a speech to the City Club of Denver.
WASHINGTON – After introducing bipartisan legislation to help Americans quit smoking, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, joined her colleagues in the House of Representatives today in passing H.R. 1256, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act with strong bipartisan support, 298 to 112.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) joined U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO-1) and Todd Platts (R-PA-19) today in introducing companion pieces of legislation in the Senate and the House that provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage to tobacco cessation treatments for senior citizens, people with disabilities and low-income adults.
WASHINGTON – As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues an alert regarding certain pistachios that may have been contaminated with salmonella, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today reaffirmed her commitment to giving the federal government mandatory recall authority and traceability powers.
WASHINGTON – As the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations examines the role of independent institutional review boards (IRBs) that oversee research on human participants, U.S. Rep.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep.