Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Jared Polis (CO-02) signed onto a petition renewing their call to House Republican Leadership to allow a vote on H.R. 15, a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform measure.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects comprehensive immigration reform will lower deficits by $900 billion. Furthermore, the Center for American Progress estimates it will bring in more than $1 trillion to the U.S. economy.
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Pro-Choice Caucus led a press conference to discuss the Supreme Court’s hearing of oral arguments in the cases of Hobby Lobby vs. Sebelius and Sebelius v. Conestoga Wood, where for-profit corporations are challenging the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that private insurance plans cover birth control along with other preventive health services on the grounds that it violates the business owners’ religious beliefs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today provided a progress report on the committee’s investigation into General Motors Company’s (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag non-deployment, and ignition switch problems. GM CEO Mary Barra and NHTSA Acting Administrator David Friedman are both confirmed to testify at a hearing on April 1, now beginning at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
DENVER, CO – As the Detroit News reported today, General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Bara will testify on April 1, 2014 before the Energy & Commerce’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee following GM’s recall that is linked to 13 deaths due to the faulty ignition switch that causes airbag failure. The Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee – on which U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) serves as Ranking Member – will also hear from The National Highway Traffic Safety (NHSTA) Acting Administrator David Friedman.
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement on the Affordable Care Act, which marks its fourth anniversary this Sunday, March 23:
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that Rachel Napierkowski, a senior at Bishop Machebeuf High School, has won Colorado’s First Congressional District Art Competition with her pen and ink piece entitled, “The King Crane”.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and John D. Dingell (D-MI12) wrote to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) urging regulators to set safety standards for tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) that span the life of a vehicle.
“While safety standards for new vehicles were set a few years ago, nothing has been done to extend these standards throughout a vehicle’s life,” said DeGette. “Providing this clarity is critical to improving the safety of our vehicles.”
WASHINGTON, DC— Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Tim Murphy requesting a hearing on the impact of states' refusal to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act on uninsured Americans suffering from mental illness and substance abuse.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (C0-01) urged her colleagues to focus on the priorities that the American people want Congress to address and stop spending taxpayers’ time passing grandstanding bills. Rep. DeGette did so after House passage of H.R. 4118, which marked the 50th vote by House Republicans to repeal and undermine the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following comment after the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board issued a new report advising the full disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing: