Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the following statement today calling on Congress to return to Washington to address the unfolding crisis at the U.S. postal service:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s repeal of a key Obama-era rule limiting the amount of methane that oil and gas wells can release into the atmosphere:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) – today called on the administration to provide more information on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the nation’s ongoing efforts to curb the opioid crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With less than six months to go until some leading drug makers say they could have a coronavirus vaccine ready to distribute, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) are calling on the White House to release its plan to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine nationwide.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation to permanently protect nearly 1.4 million acres of wilderness in Colorado, California and Washington as part of the chamber’s annual defense spending bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today expressing growing concerns over the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to sideline public health officials who should be leading our nation’s response to the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today called on the Trump administration to withdraw its proposed changes to the nation’s asylum system that would effectively bar most immigrants from obtaining asylum in the U.S. going forward.