Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Vice Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement as Committee Republicans continue to put the health care of millions of children at risk by delaying today's mark-up of H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP Act):
Energy and Commerce Vice-Chairman Encourages Members to Support SCHIP
DeGette Challenges Bush Not to Veto Children's Health Care Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC - As the deadline to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) approaches, the Bush Administration continues to play fast and loose with the facts on kids health despite the overwhelming success of the program.
DeGette Supports Troop Reduction Measure to End War in Iraq
Bush's Proposal Puts the Big Insurance Companies Before the Health of America's Children
Vows to Continue to Move Issue Forward Leaving all Options Open
WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Vice-Chairman Diana DeGette (D-CO) presided over today's opening of the Committee's mark-up of the House Energy Bill.
Bush Remains Stubbornly Defiant By Blocking Life-Saving Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC - Chief Deputy Whip
Diana DeGette (D-CO) today made the following statement in support of
H.R. 2560 - the DeGette-Murphy "Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007":
"I rise today in strong support for H.R. 2560, the "Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007."
"Tomorrow,
the House will debate S. 5, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act,"
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Each year, the Mountain West region is threatened by wildfires that scorch thousands of acres of National Forests and grasslands. However, earlier this year, under the authority granted in the Continuing Resolution signed into law by the President to fund the government for the remainder of 2007, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)