Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair of the Committee onEnergy and Commerce, today offered the following comments with the newsthat another outbreak of E. Coli in beef has occurred:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today reacted to the ongoingsalmonella outbreak and the continued lack of identification of thesource of the contamination. The outbreak in salmonella first indicatedtomatoes were the source, but now the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) indicates that peppers are also likely.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today announced that theHouse of Representatives passed a resolution congratulating East HighSchool in Denver for winning the 2008 "We the People" National CivicsCompetition for the second year in a row.
WASHINGTON – With the recent outbreaks of salmonellaand E. coli, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. RepresentativeDiana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy andCommerce, today sent a letterto both the Senate and House Leadership and Agricultural CommitteeLeadership requesting the expedited consideration of legislation givingthe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food andDrug Administration (FDA) mandatory recall authority.
Brown and DeGette write:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today made the following statement insupport of overriding President Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, the MedicareImprovements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. The Housesupported this measure on a vote of 383 to 41.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today released the followingstatement on President Bush's announcement lifting the executive ban ondrilling in protected coastal areas:
"President Bush's plan is flawed and misguided. It will neither reducegas prices nor increase energy independence – two things our countryand the American consumer desperately need.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the HouseCommittee on Energy and Commerce, released the following statementregarding the lawsuit introduced today requesting an injunction on oiland gas leasing on Colorado's Roan Plateau:
DENVER – U.S. Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO)announced today, along with the Regional Transportation District (RTD)and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), $36 million infederal funds have been awarded by Federal Highway Administration tojump start Denver's Union Station's (DUS) into a regional intermodaltransportation hub as envisioned by Denver Metropolitan voters.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Todd Platts (R-PA)today introduced companion pieces of legislation in the U.S. Senate andU.S. House that provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage for tobaccocessation treatments for senior citizens, people with disabilities andlow-income adults.