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DeGette, Hancock push for federal funds to help Denver’s homeless

May 6, 2021 Press Release
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced today their plan to secure an additional $2 million in federal funding to purchase the Stay Inn Hotel in downtown Denver and convert it into housing for those experiencing homelessness.

DeGette statement on President Biden’s address to Congress

Apr 28, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress:

House panel approves DeGette’s Methane Waste bill

Apr 28, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee today approved legislation by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to reduce the amount of methane gas that’s released on our public lands.

Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases on the planet and when it’s released into our atmosphere it becomes a leading contributor to the ongoing climate crisis. 

DeGette announces virtual guest for Biden’s first address to joint session of Congress

Apr 27, 2021 Press Release

DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has invited John Woolley, a Denver resident and 23-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, to be her virtual guest for President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday. 

Lawmakers introduce legislation to expand access to key diabetes prevention program

Apr 22, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced bipartisan legislation today to make a key federal diabetes-prevention program more accessible to more Americans.

DeGette statement on verdict in Chauvin murder trial

Apr 20, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial:

DeGette statement on Biden’s plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan

Apr 14, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:

Lawmakers move to ban high-capacity gun magazines nationwide

Apr 14, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of federal lawmakers – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO),Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Dina Titus (D-NV) in the House and U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in the Senate – introduced legislation today to ban the sale, manufacturing, transfer, possession or importation of high-capacity gun magazines that are capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

DeGette introduces legislation to deliver environmental justice in 100 hardest-hit communities

Apr 8, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced legislation today to clean up the 100 most heavily polluted communities in the country.

Lawmakers move to reinstate Obama-era methane emissions standards

Mar 25, 2021 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA) and Conor Lamb (D-PA) announced today they plan to introduce a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act this week to reinstate an Obama-era rule that regulated methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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