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U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet, along with six Colorado U.S. representatives, on Tuesday signed a letter asking FEMA to reach out to and further clarify coronavirus safety resources for state, local, territorial, tribal governments.

During the hour-long call DeGette fielded questions from Denver-area residents concerned about the safety net for homeless families, financial relief for freelancers and whether the nation should be headed toward lockdowns on a massive scale of the kind that San Francisco’s mayor will implement on Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, introduced congressional legislation Tuesday that would require health insurers to cover the full cost of coronavirus tests.

Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette has been tapped by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be one of the point people for the coronavirus outbreak. DeGette was one of the members who questioned Vice President Mike Pence when he briefed House Democrats on Wednesday, including asking if this funding will be enough.

Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) released Thursday a bill to overhaul the regulation of diagnostics, culminating a three-and-a-half year effort to resolve differences among the various industries and federal agencies on how much oversight should be exercised over tests used to make treatment decisions.

Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, leads the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations panel. The panel looked into deceptive and unfair practices by some online ticket brokers on Wednesday with testimony from industry executives. Ticketmaster, AXS and StubHub were just some of the companies going before the panel not only discussing fees and marketing to customers but also privacy and personal information stored by the brokers.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette pressed hard on Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar about the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus Wednesday. Azar was on a panel that testified about the deadly pandemic to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "Who's in charge?" DeGette asked, slightly raising her voice.

If a version of the bill is approved by the Senate, DeGette’s legislation would offer permanent safeguards for more than 600,000 acres of land in Colorado. The bill offers land protections in three states, Colorado, California, and Washington. Almost 1.4 million acres in total would be declared federally protected wilderness and about 1,000 miles of rivers would be added to the National Wild and Scenic River Systems if the bill makes it through the Senate.