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Cites Leadership Position in the House asChief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of Energy and Commerce Best Servingthe People of Colorado
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today officially withdrewher name from consideration for the U.S. Senate seat vacancy createdupon the confirmation of Senator Ken Salazar as the Secretary of theInterior:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Castle (R-DE),chief architects of legislation expanding stem cell research, led abipartisan group of legislators today in sending a letterto President-Elect Barack Obama urging him to immediately removeexisting federal barriers to embryonic stem cell research by ExecutiveOrder upon taking office. Reps.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered the followingcomments on the selection of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar to head theDepartment of Interior:
WASHINGTON – U.S Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committeeon Energy and Commerce, today responded to the Vatican's release of abioethics document condemning reproductive rights and embryonic stemcell research:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following statementon President-elect Obama's selection of former Senator Majority LeaderTom Daschle as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered the followingstatement on H.R. 7321, Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act,which she supported:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today was reappointed asthe Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has vastjurisdiction over health care, energy, environment, food and consumerprotection, and telecommunications. DeGette also served as the ViceChair during the 110th Congress.
Washington – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the followingstatement with the news of the Presidential Inaugural Committee'sselection of two Colorado groups participation in the 2009 inauguralparade:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following statementon the outcome of the Energy and Commerce Committee Chairmanshipelection:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep.Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy andCommerce, applauded Colorado's performance in a new American LungAssociation report, Helping Smokers Quit: State Cessation Coverage, released yesterday. Colorado is a leader in requiring all basic employer health plans to cover preventive services.