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January 12, 2017

Washington, DC –Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) today was selected to serve on three key Energy and Commerce subcommittees working on issues of national concern that have special resonance for Coloradans.

January 5, 2017

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, was joined today by a group of congressional and women's health leaders to discuss threats facing women under a Trump Administration and Republican Congress, especially a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

January 5, 2017

Washington, DC Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said she will vote against legislation condemning the recent United Nations resolution criticizing Israeli settlements.

January 3, 2017

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), today called the new rules package for the 115th Congress a shameless power grab and said she will vote against it.

December 20, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and more than 100 other House Democrats joined forces to call on President-Elect Donald Trump to abandon the ban on women’s reproductive health choices known as the Hyde Amendment and to remove related funding constraints.

December 16, 2016

Washington, DC In response to ongoing media reports that the U.S. intelligence community has found that the Russian Federation directed activities to influence the outcome of the U.S. elections in November, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), today called for a bipartisan inquiry that will present its conclusions to the public.

December 14, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today hailed the Obama Administration’s final rule barring states from withholding federal family planning funds in a discriminatory manner from clinics that provide women’s reproductive health services.

December 8, 2016

Washington, DC Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) today hailed the decision by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide a $30 million grant that she helped secure for affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization in Denver.

December 6, 2016

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This is the last EPA hearing this Committee will hold with the Obama Administration.

The EPA has not always received the support it deserves from Congress. Even as the Agency has worked to fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment, it has faced criticism and attack.