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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.

"The reauthorization of the Health Centers Renewal Act is much neededlegislation that supports a vital component of our health caresafety-net," said Rep. DeGette. "Community health centers providecomprehensive care to the low-income uninsured, and are the mostefficient and cost-effective models of health care."

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:

"The recent turmoil in the financial markets further illustrates thefailure of the Republican's economic policies. Americans across thenation – and throughout Colorado – are feeling the strain of risinghealth care costs, record energy and gas prices, and the fallout fromthe mortgage crisis.