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March 20, 2015

At the urging of Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a House committee on Tuesday stressed the need for vaccinations.


DeGette had asked the Committee on Energy and Commerce to hold a meeting on the issue after a measles outbreak centered in California sickened more than 100.

March 20, 2015

Republicans on a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Tuesday used a hearing on the flu season to debunk claims that vaccines are not safe for children as fear continues to grow over the country's measles outbreak.


Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) asked four of the country's top infectious disease experts if they believed that parents should have their children vaccinated.

March 20, 2015

Increased understanding between different communities and races will be the key to healing the racial divide in Denver, a faith-based group agreed Saturday.

March 20, 2015

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announces today a discussion, Producing "21st Century Cures"—2015 U.S. Legislative Outlook, with U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R - MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D - CO), Chief Deputy Whip, to take place on February 9, noon to 1 p.m. at the 17th annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference.

March 20, 2015

Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette spelled out the importance social media can play when researching diseases and treatments in a July 2014 congressional health subcommittee meeting.

September 23, 2014

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September 11, 2014

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., has written letters to two congressional committee chairmen seeking a public hearing into reports of domestic violence by professional athletes.

September 11, 2014

A U.S. congresswoman called today for a hearing into how professional sports leagues handle domestic violence as the National Football League continued to deal with fallout from the Ray Rice case.

September 11, 2014

Problems are piling up for the NFL in Washington.

From the Ray Rice scandal to the end of sports blackouts to the controversy over the Redskins name, America's most popular sport is under fire like never before in the nation's capital.

September 11, 2014

WASHINGTON — Using the Ray Rice case as an example, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado urged House leaders on Wednesday to hold a hearing on "the problem of domestic violence by professional athletes," according to a letter released by her office.