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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today supported H.R. 1105,FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which contains the nine FY 2009appropriations bills not completed in the 110th Congress. The measurepassed on a vote of 245 to 178.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), ViceChair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, offered the followingresponse to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session ofCongress:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Co-Chair of the BipartisanCongressional Pro-Choice Caucus, offered the following statement ontoday's New York District Court ruling that the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) violated its own established procedures when itlimited access to emergency contraception to women 18 and over.

Washington, DC – Today, members of the Colorado Congressionaldelegation met with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki,and discussed plans to move forward with building the new VA MedicalCenter at the Fitzsimons medical campus in Aurora.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), amember of the New Democrat Coalition, today released the followingcomments on the American International Group (AIG) senior executiveswho are set to receive $165 million in bonuses even though the companyaccepted hundreds of billions of dollars in TARP funding.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, offered the following statement ontoday's Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing, "How Do We Fix Our Ailing Food Safety System?" .

WASHINGTON – As Congress tackles health reform, the Energy and CommerceHealth Subcommittee held its first hearing, "Designing a HighPerforming Healthcare System," in its series, "Making Health Care Work for American Families."U.S. Rep.