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The head of a major pharmaceutical distributor apologized before Congress on Tuesday for not doing more to stop the shipment of millions of powerful prescription opioids to pharmacies in two small West Virginia towns, while another industry leader admitted that his company contributed to the nation's opioid crisis.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette took time this week to sit down with Denver-area reporters and the Englewood City Council to talk about the opioid crisis, movements on DACA policy for undocumented immigrants, housing and homelessness. She represents Denver, Englewood, Sheridan, Cherry Hills Village, Bow Mar and unincorporated areas west of Littleton.
DENVER – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was grilled Thursday in two U.S. House committees over a host of ethical questions related to his spending of taxpayer money and ties to lobbyists, including tough questions from Rep. Diana DeGette.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette raised the prospect that Congress might have to impose new rules on social media during a closely watched hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill that featured Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the witness.
Chalk up a sharp political point in support for privacy legislation with actual teeth: In today's testimony in front of the House Energy & Commerce committee, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked about the outcomes of a string of legal actions against the company — most of which he claimed not to be aware of.
Junior Vanessa Simkowitz and 100 of her classmates at South High School on Friday firmly rejected the idea that arming teachers is the answer to preventing mass school shootings in America.
Simkowitz especially wanted to make her stance on the issue crystal clear.
Yesterday, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke for eight consecutive hours on the chamber's floor about the need for immigration reform, with a particular focus on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, an endangered program that grants temporary but renewable legal status to those born outside the United States and brought here without documentation as children.
WASHINGTON — Diana DeGette just completed her 21st year as the Democratic congresswoman representing the district that includes the heart of Denver, making her the most senior member of the Colorado delegation and a force not to be overlooked in Washington's hard knocks politics.
By Diana DeGette
After months of sickening partisan gamesmanship, the Republican-led Congress finally renewed the Children's Health Insurance Program in January. This step provided temporary relief for children from low-income homes in Colorado and across the country, but now the very hospitals and clinics where they seek treatment are at risk.
Colorado's congressional delegation convened an emergency meeting Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to shore up protections for state-legal marijuana operations and, in turn, states' rights.
In the meeting, members advanced plans for federal marijuana protections and honed near- and long-term strategies to counter U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' rescission of the 2013 Cole Memo.