Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Taking advantage of new media to communicate with herconstituents, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today held a LIVE wallchat on her facebook page. Throughout the 35 minute "post-and-chat"session, U.S. Rep. DeGette answered questions on the President'srecovery package, stem cell research, energy, HIV/AIDS, and otherissues.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) offered the followingcomments on President Obama signing the American Recovery andReinvestment Act into law in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Rep. DeGetteattended the bill signing earlier today.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today hailed the passage of H.R. 1,the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which passed on a vote of246 to 183.
WASHINGTON – As Congress prepares to vote on H.R. 1, the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), ViceChair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee, is pleasedthat the increase in funding allocations she secured forDisproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) is included in the finalcompromise package. The DSH program provides the predominant fundingmechanism for states to directly reimburse care provided to theuninsured.
WASHINGTON – As the investigation into the salmonella outbreak inpeanuts and peanut butter continues, U.S. Rep.
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:
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.
Click here to watch Congresswoman DeGette deliver her floor statement on the children's health program.
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. Second, the TRACE Act requiresthe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and United States Department ofAgriculture (USDA) to establish a product tracing system to identifycontaminated food.
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. (D-NJ). The measureincludes a mandatory recall provision built upon legislation introducedby DeGette, H.R. 3484, the SAFER Act.