Press Releases

Congress approves legislation to reform U.S. Olympic Committees

October 1, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress today approved legislation to reform how the U.S. Olympic Committee operates in the wake of several high-profile sexual-abuse scandals that have raised doubts about the organization’s ability to care for our nation’s top athletes.

Lawmakers launch investigation into administration’s handling of alleged mass hysterectomies at ICE detention facility

October 1, 2020

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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and other leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee – which oversees the nation’s public health – sent a letter today to Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf demanding to know what the agency is doing to investigate claims of unwanted hysterectomies being performed on immigrant women detained at an ICE detention facility in Georgia.

House approves DeGette anti-doping bill ahead of 2028 Olympic Games

September 29, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation to provide the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency the funding and tools it needs to ensure the world's top athletes are able to compete on a level playing field when the Olympics returns to the United States in 2028.

DeGette statement on nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

September 26, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who serves as co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court:

Pro-Choice Caucus Leaders Urge Senate to Abstain from a Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Until After Inaugurati

September 25, 2020

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Nearly a dozen leaders of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus – led by caucus co-chairs U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee(D-CA) – sent a letter today to Senate leaders urging them to abstain from voting on any Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburguntil after the next president is sworn into office.

House approves sweeping clean-energy bill

September 24, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 220 – 185, voted today to approve a sweeping new clean-energy bill that seeks to combat the climate crisis by driving the innovation and use of new clean-energy technologies across the country and thereby lowering the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Lawmakers call for investigation of political interference at CDC

September 24, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, and others sent a letter today calling for a formal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General investigation into allegations that the White House and its appointees have interfered with the work of U.S.

House advances two key measures authored by DeGette to combat climate crisis and clean-up heavily polluted communities

September 24, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to include two key amendments authored by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) in a sweeping new clean-energy bill the chamber is expected to vote on this Friday.

Key House oversight panel to hear from experts on how vaccines should be evaluated for safety

September 23, 2020

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A key House oversight panel, led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), announced today that it will hold a hearing next week to hear directly from some of the nation’s leading scientists and public health experts about the criteria that makers of a COVID-19 vaccine should be required to meet before any potential cure is approved for distribution here in the U.S.

House passes short-term spending bill to avert government shutdown

September 22, 2020

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve a short-term spending bill that will fund the federal government through December 11 and avert a government shutdown at the end of the month.