Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Newly published press reports have brought into question statements Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar made under oath in March 2019 when he told lawmakers he had no knowledge of the Trump administration’s plan to separate immigrant children from their families at the border before the policy was announced.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three prominent U.S. lawmakers are calling on the heads of the nine pharmaceutical companies working to develop a coronavirus vaccine to provide more information about their research and development efforts and explain how they intend to ensure that only a safe and effective product is made available to the public.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —More than 240 members of the U.S. House of Representatives – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and David McKinley (R-WV) – sent a letter today to the head of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Secretary Alex Azar, urging the agency to take immediate action to ensure drug makers continue to provide discounts to the nation’s safety-net hospitals as required under the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) – two of the top Democrats in the House currently charged with overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus – are calling today on the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary Alex Azar, to explain the circumstances surrounding a series of alarming new reports that Trump administration political appointees have been actively trying to muzzle public health officials and interfere with scientific reports regarding the spread of the virus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers – led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – today called on the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Trump administration’s newly finalized rule that will allow more methane to be released into the atmosphere.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) sent a letter today to the head of the Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, to ensure science, and not politics, are driving the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine approval process.