Press Releases
March 4, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bipartisan emergency funding package to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The legislation – supported by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – will provide state and federal agencies $8.3 billion to slow the spread of the virus in the U.S.
February 26, 2020
DeGette, others call on Trump to appoint coronavirus czar to coordinate federal government’s response
February 25, 2020
TicketMaster, StubHub among those being investigated by the committee
February 12, 2020
Measure is the largest Colorado wilderness-protection package House has approved in 40 years
February 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced legislation today to oppose the Trump administration’s plan to gut the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA.
February 10, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to approve a massive new wilderness-protection package this week that seeks to permanently protect 1.37 million acres of federal land in three states, including over 600,000 acres in Colorado.
January 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Top U.S. health officials held a closed-door briefing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill today to discuss the spread of coronavirus.
January 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 50 members of Congress – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) – today called on the Trump administration to issue new rules banning the sale of flavored nicotine products that experts say have led to the nation’s teen-vaping epidemic.
January 22, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the number of teens vaping across the country continues to rise, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are preparing to grill some of the nation’s top e-cigarette manufactures on their role in the crisis.
January 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a comment from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who presided over the House for today's debate, on the chamber's vote to appoint impeachment managers and formally submit two articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate for trial: