Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) that will require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to identify and clean up 100 communities across the nation that are disproportionally suffering from large amounts of pollution caused by nearby facilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 51 U.S. lawmakers, led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), filed an amicus brief today in support of a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to roll back a key Obama-era air-quality rule that limited the amount of methane that oil and gas producers can release into the atmosphere.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary Diane Foley, the top Trump administration official in charge of the nation's Title X family-planning program, will testify Wednesday before a key Congressional panel that's investigating the administration's efforts to undermine the program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers, led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Susan W. Brooks (R-IN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Ben McAdams (D-UT), introduced legislation today to create an independent, blue-ribbon commission to begin the process of reforming the U.S. Olympic Committee.
DENVER, CO – The chair of the U.S. House subcommittee investigating the U.S. Olympic Committee's handling of sexual abuse cases in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal unveiled new legislation today to create an independent, blue-ribbon commission to begin the process of reforming the USOC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, announced Wednesday that her subcommittee will be holding a hearing next week to investigate the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to undermine the nation's Title X family planning program.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration moves forward with a new rule it finalized earlier this year to block tens of millions of dollars in family planning funds from going to abortion providers across the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation panel, is demanding answers from the Trump administration on its efforts to curb the illicit flow of fentanyl into the United States.
The request, signed by a half dozen members of Congress and sent to a half dozen agency heads, comes as the Energy and Commerce committee continues to investigate the increasing threat posed by the deadly synthetic opioid.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of U.S. lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), are calling on the U.S. Department of State to reverse its decision to ban U.S. embassies from flying the rainbow LGBT flag during pride month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today called for an end to the federal government's use of private prisons to house undocumented migrants.
DeGette, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - which is leading the investigation into the Trump administration's family-separation policy - made the comments during an interview on MSNBC earlier today.
"The bottom line is this," DeGette said, "We shouldn't have private prisons housing these migrants. We should shut these down."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 237 – 187, approved legislation today to provide permanent legal protection and a path to U.S. citizenship to up to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants who have spent much of their lives in the U.S., including 9,600 in Colorado's First Congressional District.