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The U.S. has gotten a crash course over the past 18 months in just how important the biomedical research pipeline can be, as scientists turned years of basic science research into highly effective vaccines against the coronavirus in record-time.
Now, lawmakers say the U.S. is due for big investments to its biomedical infrastructure.
Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are pushing a bill that would build on the 21st Century Cures Act, a major overhaul in biomedical research passed in 2016 designed to speed up the pipeline for medical innovation.
On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. ET, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), will hold a hearing entitled, "Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware."
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A hotel in northeast Denver is a step closer to becoming housing for people struggling with homelessness. A key House Appropriations subcommittee approved a huge bill on Monday that includes the funding.
Rep. Diane DeGette, a Democrat who represents Colorado's 1st Congressional District, requested $2 million in federal funding for the City of Denver to purchase and renovate the now-vacant Stay Inn Hotel and convert it into housing for the homeless. The hotel is located at 12033 East 38th Avenue, near Peoria Street and Smith Road.
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A congressional subcommittee on Monday approved nearly $6.5 million for a trio of projects intended to create affordable housing in Denver and a shelter for children who are homeless.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who requested the funding from the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, said the federal contribution will provide relief for families in need.
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The House was in session for four days this week while the Senate was on a state work week. The Senate returns on July 12 following the one-week Fourth of July recess, and both chambers will be in session for the week of July 19.
Biden signs DeGette's methane resolution
President Joe Biden signed legislation sponsored by Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette on June 30 to reinstate rules restricting methane emissions at oil and gas drilling sites.
A Cold War-era Pentagon office credited with many scientific breakthroughs would be the model for a new government agency tasked with solving health's greatest mysteries if President Joe Biden and a Colorado congresswoman have their way.
Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legislative branch to overturn a regulatory rollback under President Donald Trump.
The House gave final legislative approval Friday to a resolution that would undo a Trump-era environmental rule that relaxed requirements of a 2016 Obama administration rule targeting methane emissions from leaks and flares in oil and gas wells.
Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legislative branch to overturn a regulatory rollback under President Donald Trump.
The House gave final legislative approval Friday to a resolution that would undo a Trump-era environmental rule that relaxed requirements of a 2016 Obama administration rule targeting methane emissions from leaks and flares in oil and gas wells.
A bipartisan, bicameral group is reintroducing tweaked legislation Thursday that would overhaul how the FDA oversees laboratory-developed tests and diagnostics, POLITICO's David Lim reports.
The VALID Act would regulate both lab tests and diagnostics under a new framework clarifying the responsibilities of the FDA and CMS. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) are backing the bill in the House, with Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) sponsoring the Senate version.