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As part of our leadership of the U.S. Congressional Study Groups on Japan and South Korea, we often take a delegation of House members to visit our partnering countries — trips that are marked by protocol and mutual respect between long-standing allies. But this year was different.
In Japan, formal diplomatic courtesies gave way to something rare: visible frustration. Senior leaders conveyed a sense of betrayal — sharply criticizing the United States’ recent tariff threats as a breach of trust.
When Donald Trump accepted the 2024 GOP nomination for president, he included in his speech the importance of American leadership in biomedical innovation. “We’re going to get to the cure for cancer and Alzheimer’s and so many other things,” he said. “We’re so close to doing something great. But we need a leader that will let it be done.”
By Ben Leonard
Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee slammed Republicans for holding a routine hearing on the FDA’s regulation of consumer products amid HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping layoffs of the agency’s workers and his ousting of its top vaccine regulator.
The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using money approved in last year's huge infrastructure bill.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the projects will help meet future demand for travel and make flying safer and more efficient.
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette helped introduce legislation to ban the sale, manufacturing, transfer or possession of high-capacity gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. That legislation was part of a package of eight gun safety bills that will head to the full U.S. House for a vote that could come as early as next week.
As a new shipment of baby formula arrives in the United States from Germany, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, representing Colorado's 1st District, led a hearing today with the FDA and the Abbott factory at the center of the formula shortage. As CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd reported, DeGette is leading a federal inquiry into the shortage.
DeGette is the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette is leading a federal inquiry into the nation's baby formula shortage. DeGette is the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. She is also a new grandmother who understands the sense of panic and urgency gripping parents.
"I just had my first little grandbaby a couple of months ago and luckily she's not on formula but, as anybody who's had a baby knows, that could change in a day or two," DeGette said.
After this week’s bombshell leak of the Supreme Court opinion signaling an overturn of Roe v. Wade, lawmakers in Washington are looking for other solutions to protect abortion rights.
One of Colorado’s members of Congress is calling for action on a measure that could preserve abortion nationally, but there are some major roadblocks ahead to this measure.
It was a contentious time on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as six oil and gas executives faced questions from lawmakers about the high cost of gasoline.
Democrats focused on the fact companies are making record profits, while Republicans took aim at President Joe Biden’s energy policies.
A member of Colorado's Congressional delegation has convinced the Army Corps of Engineers to invest $350 million in improvements to the South Platte River. It's part of a big project the city announced last year.
The project will focus on 6 1/2 miles of the river that runs through Denver.
Rep. Diane DeGette, a Democrat who represents Colorado's 1st Congressional District, made the request. She calls the river "a vital part of Denver's ecosystem."