Press Releases
Pledges to Fight Bush Administration for Adequate Funding of SCHIP
WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette(D-CO) today blasted the Bush Administration for adopting new standardsthat would make it much more difficult for states to extend healthcoverage to children in middle-income families under the StateChildren's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
WASHINGTON, DC – Stemming from the Energy and Commerce Committee's Investigation of the Bush Administration's proposal to consolidate Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labs, a provision was included in H.R. 3161, The FY08 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, blocking the closure of FDA field and district labs, including the facility at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood.
DeGette Assails Republicans for Playing Partisan Politics with the Health of Millions of America's Poor Children
WASHINGTON,DC - Energy and Commerce Vice Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) released thefollowing statement as Committee Republicans continue to put the healthcare of millions of children at risk by delaying today's mark-up ofH.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMPAct):