Press Releases
Over 125 Members ofCongress Send Message to Bush Administration that Proposed New RuleJeopardizes Health Care Services and Information
WASHINGTON – Today, the United States House ofRepresentatives passed HR 6469, the Stephanie Tubbs Jones OrganTransplant Act of 2008. The bipartisan legislation was sponsored byU.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jim Costa (D-CA) and Dave Camp(R-MI). It increases authorization for the Organ Procurement andTransplantation Network (OPTN) to $7 million, the first increase to theOPTN since 1984.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), ViceChair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today praised thepassage of H.R. 1343, The Health Centers Renewal Act of 2008.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today commented on the recentsalmonella outbreak in peanuts and peanut butter.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Co), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce and the chief architect of the StemCell Research Enhancement Act, today offered the following statement onthe resignation of Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of the NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH):
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Co), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today voted in support of H.R. 5244,the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, which passed the House on avote of 312-112.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Co), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following statementon the state of the economy:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair of the Committee onEnergy and Commerce, today supported the Comprehensive American EnergySecurity & Consumer Protection Act that combines expanded oildrilling with a comprehensive, clean renewable energy and efficiencyapproach. The bill passed on a vote of 236 to 189:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair ofthe Committee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the followingcomments on the troubling news in the financial markets:
WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette(D-CO), chief architect of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act,today offered the following comments on the recent findings thatembryonic stem cells are still necessary by a U.S. National Academy ofSciences panel: