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DeGette: Lift Trump Ban on Fetal Tissue Research to Find COVID-19 Cure

Apr 13, 2020 In The News
Lawmakers are searching for every possible avenue to combat the coronavirus pandemic, and some House Democrats, including Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), are demanding the Trump administration lift restrictions on the use of human fetal tissue, mostly resulting from abortions, to help researchers develop medicines for COVID-19.
Colorado Times Recorder

Trump ‘Playing Politics’ With Lives As FEMA Grabs Ventilators, Lawmaker Charges

Apr 10, 2020 In The News
President Donald Trump is “playing politics” with lives with his manipulation of Colorado’s ventilator request to help embattled GOP Sen. Cory Gardner’s reelection, a Democratic lawmaker charges.
Huffington Post

Diana DeGette Urges FDA To Warn Doctors About Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine For Coronavirus

Apr 8, 2020 In The News
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette wants the FDA to look into the hoarding of drugs used to treat coronavirus. She said the prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine can take away the drugs from those who really need them.
CBS Denver

DeGette: Trump Pimping Unproven COVID-19 Drugs Hurts Local Patients

Apr 8, 2020 In The News
She's written a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn over concerns that the medication will be hoarded by COVID-19 patients, making it difficult to obtain for individuals who need it to treat conditions for which it's been approved: lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and malaria.
Westword

Colorado Democrat believes Trump awarded ventilators as political favor to vulnerable GOP senator

Apr 8, 2020 In The News
Rep. Diana DeGette, a veteran Democrat, said that President Donald Trump's announcement that he would send 100 ventilators to Colorado smacks of a political favor to vulnerable GOP Sen. Cory Gardner after the federal government had not fulfilled the delegation's request for the devices.
CNN

House Democrats call on Trump administration to lift restrictions on fetal tissue for coronavirus research

Apr 6, 2020 In The News
More than a dozen House Democrats on Monday called on the Trump administration to lift restrictions on research that uses human fetal tissue to allow for studies on potential treatment for COVID-19.
The Hill

DeGette says continued payments, rent relief, treatment coverage eyed for next relief bill

Apr 1, 2020 In The News
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette gave a glimpse into the next potential piece of federal coronavirus legislation on Tuesday night, saying that it might contain continuing financial aid to individuals, and vowed that a congressional investigation of the federal government’s response would take place after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Colorado Politics

Colorado members of Congress react to passage, signing of $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package

Mar 27, 2020 In The News
President Donald Trump signed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act – the federal government’s coronavirus economic relief package – on Friday afternoon after the House passed the bill by a voice vote earlier in the day.
The Denver Channel

DeGette, on call with constituents, talks COVID-19 economic relief, testing failures

Mar 17, 2020 In The News
During the hour-long call DeGette fielded questions from Denver-area residents concerned about the safety net for homeless families, financial relief for freelancers and whether the nation should be headed toward lockdowns on a massive scale of the kind that San Francisco’s mayor will implement on Tuesday.
Colorado Politics

Gardner, Bennet and Colorado reps (minus Buck) ask FEMA to clarify how they're helping

Mar 17, 2020 In The News
U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet, along with six Colorado U.S. representatives, on Tuesday signed a letter asking FEMA to reach out to and further clarify coronavirus safety resources for state, local, territorial, tribal governments.
Colorado Politics

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