Press Releases
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after the House passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the remainder of the fiscal year:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette issued the following statement after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after voting against H.J.Res. 35, which would continue to jeopardize long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. House Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) commended the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) vote to approve regulation that will reinstate legal protections to keep internet content open.
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), and Jared Polis (CO-02) made the following statement calling for an immediate vote in the House on a clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) published a BuzzFeed community post today to celebrate the designation of Browns Canyon as a National Monument. Browns Canyon in Chaffee County, Colorado is Colorado's eighth National Monument.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after the announcement that President Obama will use the Antiquities Act to name Browns Canyon a new National Monument. Rep. DeGette has worked with local partners since 1999 who asked for her assistance to protect the area. She introduced legislation that would protect Browns Canyon as a wilderness area as part of her Colorado Wilderness Act:
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (TX-29) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) along with every democratic member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to introduce the CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., and Commerce Manufacturing & Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton, Michael Burgess, and Tim Murphy requesting hearings on the rise in subprime auto loans to low-income consumers.
WASHINGTON – Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton, Joe Pitts, and Tim Murphy requesting a hearing on the current measles outbreak and the importance of vaccinations to prevent the spread of measles. This public health issue returned to public attention last year after an outbreak in Ohio, and a December outbreak that began at Disneyland has led to over 100 measles cases in 14 states and Mexico.