Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Marc Veasey (D-TX) along with U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), led a group of 155 Democrats and 2 Independents in filing an amicus brief in the case of Whole Woman's Health v.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after voting for the Fiscal Year 2016 omnibus appropriations bill, which passed the House 316-113:

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Louise Slaughter (NY-25) along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) announced resolutions they have introduced in the House and Senate, respectively, to condemn violence against women's health providers and patients across the United States following the horrific attack outside of a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood that left three dead and nine wounded.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined 184 House Democrats and 34 Senate Democrats to file an amicus brief last night in support of the petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court seeking review of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which blocked the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and expanding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In a column published today in the Huffington Post, Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called for anti-choice activists and politicians to cease the use of vitriol that may have inspired last Friday's shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Statements by the alleged shooter to law enforcement bear close resemblance to incendiary phrases pushed by lawmakers since this summer.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01) applauded President Obama's announcement that Minoru Yasui, a lifelong champion of freedom and equal rights who challenged the constitutionality of laws that directly targeted Japanese Americans during World War II, will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined five of her Democratic colleagues who will serve on the House Republicans' new Select Committee to Attack Women's Health. This new, select, committee is the fourth in the House to investigate Planned Parenthood over alleged sales of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood Affiliates.

WASHINGTON – Rep. DeGette (CO-01) joined her fellow House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders to make the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is expanding its investigation of Volkswagen's emissions issues to include additional Porsche, VW, and Audi models, with three liter diesel engines. The EPA investigation began in September when EPA announced that certain models of VW Diesel Engines (Model Years 2009-2015) had been fitted with so-called "defeat-devices" to allow these vehicles to beat state and federal emissions testing standards.