Press Releases
July 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) that would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to identify and clean up 100 of the most heavily polluted communities in the country.
July 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has secured more than $20.8 million to help fund 11 projects in the Denver area as part of a government spending bill the U.S. House approved this afternoon.
July 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the latest sign of continued support for U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette’s (D-CO) wilderness-protection bill, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve the measure for the fifth time in two years and, once again, send it to the Senate for approval as part of its annual defense bill.
July 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the Congressional Study Group on Japan, on the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
June 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following joint statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:
June 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House voted today to create a new advanced research agency for health to find new cures and treatments for some of the world’s most difficult diseases – such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and more.
June 8, 2022
House approves DeGette's legislation to ban high-capacity gun magazines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve a series of gun-safety measures aimed at protecting America's schools and communities in the wake of two recent high-profile mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.
June 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted late Thursday to approve a package of eight gun-safety bills that will now head to the full House for a vote as early as next week.
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May 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has requested more than $40 million to fund more than a dozen community projects in the Denver area that are designed to make more affordable housing, food and essential health services available to those in need.
May 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – chair of the House panel that oversees the FDA and is spearheading the investigation into the nationwide shortage of baby formula – said today that one of the issues the committee is focused on, as it prepares for next week’s hearing, is why it took federal regulators so long to identify and remedy concerns raised with Abbott Nutrition’s baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan.