Press Releases
Denver – Today, U.S. Rep DeGette issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act, the landmark law that has conserved and protected 110 million acres of wilderness areas:
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette(CO-01) will host a Denver roundtable with senior NIH and FDA officials and Colorado's medical research leaders to discuss ways to speed and improve medical cures as part of her 21st Century Cures initiative. The conversation will focus on personalized medicine and will take place Wednesday, September 3rd at 9:30 A.M.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined a bipartisan group of 12 lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, Ranking Members Diana DeGette, Henry A. Waxman, and Frank Pallone, Jr., called on the FDA to use its enforcement authority to take immediate action to protect children from the harms of tobacco.
DENVER – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Colorado Business Leaders called on Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank before the charter expires at the end of September.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after the Central Intelligence Agency admitted to searching a computer system used exclusively by congressional investigators:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette issued the following statement after the House passage of H.R. 3230, The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act:
WASHINGTON – With House Speaker John Boehner preparing to wrap up July's legislative activity without passing meaningful bills in a number of areas, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called on Republican House leadership to bring up legislation that would address the country's needs.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (MI-06) hosted a roundtable discussion with leading experts on personalized medicine and its potential to shape our nation's health care system.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) commended President Obama after the White House announced the Monday signing of an executive order that will prohibit federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and she issued the following statement: