Press Releases
May 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today, by a vote of 208 – 199, approved The Heroes Act – a $3 trillion coronavirus response package that funds testing and contact tracing, aid for state and local governments, increased pay and protection for frontline workers and additional direct cash payments to American families.
May 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., today calling attention to the need to further protect food production workers from the coronavirus.
April 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and other leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee raised serious concerns today over the nation’s contact tracing capacity and called on Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to develop a national strategy to ramp up this critical component of the coronavirus response.
April 30, 2020
DENVER, CO – Dozens of meatpacking workers across the country have died from the coronavirus and thousands more have tested positive for the disease. But rather than take steps to ensure the health and safety of these workers, President Trump announced an Executive Order this week to keep meatpacking plants open under the Defense Production Act.
April 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 182 lawmakers, led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI), are urging House Leadership to include $26 billion in the next coronavirus relief package for scientific and medical researchers who have been impacted by the pandemic.
April 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), TJ Cox (D-CA), Brad Schneider (D-IL) and John Katko (R-NY) unveiled bipartisan legislation today that would make state and local governments eligible for paid leave payroll tax credits for employees who are affected by coronavirus.
April 27, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the concept paper for their bipartisan “Cures 2.0.” The 12-page concept paper unveils high-level areas of focus for Cures 2.0, which will look to safely and efficiently modernize the delivery of health care in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved an interim emergency coronavirus package to provide billions of dollars for small business relief, hospitals, health care providers and national coronavirus testing.
April 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and other leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee demanded answers today from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor about the Trump administration’s efforts to acquire and distribute medical supplies to states.
April 10, 2020
DENVER, CO – As social distancing continues to mitigate the spread of coronavirus around the country, Americans are eager to know when life will return to normal. But U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) warns that the nation’s public and economic health could remain at risk without a national coronavirus testing strategy, including the rapid deployment of antibody tests.