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June 20, 2008

WASHINGTON – Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (D-CO) today opposed H.R.6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which passed on a vote of 293 to129. Below is Congresswoman DeGette's statement:

June 19, 2008
WASHINGTON – Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette(D-CO) today opposed an amendment to provide additional funding for thewar in Iraq and voted to pass another amendment that would to meet ournation's obligation to those who bravely serve, address the economicinsecurity of those here at home and delay harmful Medicaid regulationsproposed by the Bush Administration.

June 18, 2008

WASHINGTON – During last week's Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on food safety, the Bush Administration's "food safety czar" Dr. David W.K. Acheson, MD, Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection, testified that he supported the idea of traceability.

June 12, 2008
Mandatory Recall and Traceability Key to Ensuring Safe Foods

WASHINGTON – As the nation's food safety system is rocked by anoutbreak of salmonella in tomatoes, Energy and Commerce Committee ViceChair Diana DeGette (D-CO) pressed for comprehensive reform of our foodsafety system by granting the government mandatory recall authoritysupported by a traceability system durin
June 10, 2008

DENVER– U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today announced the departure of her long serving District Director, Gregory Diamond.

June 10, 2008

WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette(D-CO) today entered the following statement – as prepared for delivery– into the record at today's Energy and Commerce Subcommittee onCommerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing entitled, "Safety ofPhthalates and Bisphenol-A in Everyday Consumer Products." DeGette isa member of the Conference Committee reconciling the Hou

June 4, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) has been appointed Vice Chair of the newly formed House LGBT Equality Caucus. The new bipartisan caucus represents different races, genders, sexual orientations, geographic regions, different generations, and parties, but shares a common mission: to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality.

May 22, 2008

WASHINGTON– U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy andCommerce, today reacted to the news that the Department of Health andHuman Services (HHS) is temporarily extending the Moratoria on two ofthe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules, PublicProvider and Graduate Medical Education (GME).

May 21, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today reacted to a comprehensive reportby the Energy and Commerce Committee on the Medicare Advantage (MA)program.