In the News

Congresswoman Diana DeGette warned senators Thursday that if strong action is not taken to hold former President Donald Trump and his supporters accountable for the Jan. 6 insurrection, similar attacks will happen in the future as far-right groups continue to feel emboldened.

As she made her case Thursday that former President Donald Trump must be convicted by the U.S. Senate for inciting an insurrection, Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette replayed and read aloud the words of Trump supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

The House Democrats leading the impeachment prosecution used the words of rioters supporting Donald J. Trump against the former president on Thursday, as they sought to show that the sacking of the Capitol was done by people who believed they were following Mr. Trump's wishes.

"They truly believed that the whole intrusion was at the president's orders — and we know that because they said so," said Representative Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado, and one of the House managers.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is calling the five leading COVID-19 vaccine makers before her congressional subcommittee to find out what they're doing to speed up production, her office said Monday evening.

The Democrat from Denver chairs of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommittee, which oversees health agencies.

Leaders of AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer have been summoned to Capitol Hill to testify on Feb. 23.

With a more environmentally-friendly administration, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette will try again to permanently protect almost 660,000 acres of Colorado wilderness.

The Democrat from Denver passed her Colorado Wilderness Act out of the Democratic-controlled House a year ago, then it passed again as part of multi-state. 1.4 million acre proposal.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Wednesday introduced legislation that would "dramatically" expand COVID-19 diagnostic testing with up to $750 million in grants to public health laboratories, hospitals and other health care providers.

Colorado ranks in the top 10 in the nation in administering vaccines but nationally, almost half of the distributed doses have not been administered. On Tuesday, Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette headed a hearing about the vaccine rollout.

The congressional panel that Denver's Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette leads will hold a Tuesday hearing about the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States.