Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following commentson President Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 budget plan:
"President Obama's 2010 budget reflects the priorities and values ofthe American people. After the passage of a strong recovery bill thataddresses both the short-term and long-term stability in our economy,President Obama has followed up with a supportive budget plan thatmakes vital investments in health care, energy, and education.
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.