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January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton released potential proposals that have been submitted for inclusion in the 21st Century Cures initiative, which Chairman Upton and Rep. DeGette have been leading:

January 26, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined U.S. Reps. Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17) to introduce the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act, H.R.

January 23, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) led her Democratic colleagues in standing against the latest Republican attack on women's health care.

January 22, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, on the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, and U.S.

January 21, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) praised President Obama's continued focus on expanding America's economic growth to include middle class families and those working to get there, and she offered the following statement:

January 15, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) criticized the House Republican leadership plan to withhold funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless it included policy riders attacking the Obama Administration's plan to address our broken immigration system and our current undocumented population.

January 12, 2015

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) won the unanimous support of her Democratic colleagues to continue serving as the Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. The subcommittee has the responsibility to oversee all agencies and programs within the full Energy and Commerce Committee's broad jurisdiction.

December 11, 2014

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement opposing the omnibus appropriations legislation that includes numerous policy provisions that are unrelated to the need to fund government operations through next September:

December 11, 2014

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement following her vote opposing H.R. 5806: