Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee today approved legislation by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to reduce the amount of methane gas that's released on our public lands.
Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases on the planet and when it's released into our atmosphere it becomes a leading contributor to the ongoing climate crisis.
Nearly one-third of all methane gas released in the U.S. comes from the production of oil and gas.
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has invited John Woolley, a Denver resident and 23-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, to be her virtual guest for President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced bipartisan legislation today to make a key federal diabetes-prevention program more accessible to more Americans.
The legislation – known as the PREVENT DIABETES Act – would expand access to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program by making it available online. Under current law, the program is only available to qualifying Medicare beneficiaries who attend in-person classes, leaving many seniors and rural Americans who could otherwise benefit from the program unable to utilize it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Officials from Texas will likely face some intense scrutiny this week when a key House oversight panel holds a hearing Wednesday to investigate what caused widespread blackouts that left millions of people throughout Texas without power, food, water and heat for up to four days during a severe storm that moved across the southern half of the country last month.