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November 8, 2017

By Diana DeGette

Now's the time to go shopping — no, not for the holidays just yet, but for health insurance coverage.

It's open enrollment season, a time to compare policies and find the coverage that works best for you and your family as the new year approaches.

November 6, 2017

Republicans slipped anti-abortion language into the draft of the tax reform bill they released on Thursday. The move is part of an effort by the Trump administration and House Republicans to define life as beginning at conception, with an eye to rolling back Roe v. Wade.

November 6, 2017

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill on Friday that would provide five years of funds for the popular Children's Health Insurance Program, over vehement objections from Democrats who opposed the way it would be financed.

The vote, 242 to 174, came a month after funds for the program expired.

October 5, 2017

Op-Ed by Congresswoman Diana DeGette

When is "enough" really going to be enough? With each mass shooting, we grieve, console the families, commend the heroes, condemn the killers and say, "Enough." And then … nothing happens.

September 8, 2017

We knew it wouldn't be long before Congress demanded action in response to the Equifax data breach—particularly since several of its members are among the 143 million Americans who are pissed about having their Social Security numbers and other personal data exposed.

August 30, 2017

Rep. Diana DeGette saw the public-private partnership in action on Auraria via MSU Denver's new Aerospace and Engineering Sciences.

DeGette toured Auraria campus' new AES Building on Aug. 24 with the hope to attract growth in the science, technology, engineering and math fields in Colorado.

August 16, 2017

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, is co-sponsoring a House resolution introduced Wednesday to censure President Donald Trump for his response to the weekend's violence surrounding a rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va.

August 14, 2017

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from President Trump's top telecom regulator about an obscure policy change that will allow a pro-Trump media giant to grow even larger.

June 22, 2017

Two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle have teamed up to ask three powerful health care industries to explain the rising cost of insulin, an essential treatment for people with diabetes.

June 20, 2017

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Monday called for a stop to the "hyperpartisan" politics she says are fueling the GOP health care bill that — along with President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts — would slash money from programs that help more than half a million Colorado children.