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February 10, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following statementafter Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced details of a newcomprehensive energy plan for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),including repealing the Bush Administration's midnight timetable forits five-year offshore drilling plan:

February 6, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following commentsregarding reports that Colorado State health officials areinvestigating an outbreak of a serious strain of E. coli that may belinked to last month's National Western Stock Show.

February 4, 2009
WASHINGTON – After years of delay in providinghealth care to America's low-income children, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette(D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, todaysupported The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)Reauthorization Act, which passed on a strong bipartisan vote of 290 to135. U.S. Rep.
February 3, 2009

WASHINGTON – As the salmonella outbreak in peanuts and peanut buttercontinues to raise concerns over the safety of our food supply, U.S.Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy andCommerce, today reintroduced two key food safety priorities. First, theSAFER Act gives the federal government the authority to order a recall of tainted foods.

January 30, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today hailed the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009introduced by Chairman Emeritus John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman BartStupak (D-MI), and Chairman Frank Pallone Jr.

January 27, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today released thefollowing statement on receiving her subcommittee assignments on theHouse Energy and Commerce Committee and Natural Resources Committee:

January 23, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce and co-chair of the CongressionalPro-Choice Caucus, today offered the following statement on PresidentObama's Executive Order repealing the Global Gag Rule, which prohibitsorganizations in other countries from receiving U.S. family planningassistance if they provide abortion information or services.

January 22, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the followingstatement regarding her support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP) Reform and Accountability Act passed overwhelmingly by the Houseyesterday:

January 21, 2009

WASHINGTON – Withtomorrow's 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette(D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional ProChoice Caucus, celebrate this historic Supreme Court case by advancingan agenda to reduce the need for abortion through a comprehensiveapproach. U.S. Reps.