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September 29, 2020

On Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 at 11:30am ET, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee - chaired by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – will hold a hearing entitled, "Pathway to a Vaccine: Ensuring a Safe and Effective Vaccine People Will Trust."

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September 28, 2020

Over the years, there have been numerous challenges in the way the United States has approached reproductive health. We rely on our public health institutions to make decisions using the best data to get the best outcomes.

September 25, 2020

Three House Democrats are questioning the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to postpone a training that was part of a series on environmental inequity faced by communities of color and low-income communities last month.

September 24, 2020

Two amendments from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette will be included in a clean energy bill under consideration, one to limit methane emissions from extraction operations on public land and the second to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to identify and remediate at least 100 communities suffering under violations of environmental law.

September 17, 2020

After a whistleblower complaint made public this week about alleged nonconsensual medical operations performed on detained immigrant women, Denver Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate.

August 18, 2020

U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) and Jason Crow (D-Colorado) held a press conference Tuesday outside the downtown Denver post office to discuss what they call a "rapidly evolving crisis" at the U.S. Postal Service.

August 16, 2020

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is among the Colorado Democrats calling on Congress to put its stamp on the "unfolding crisis" involving the president and the U.S. Postal Service.

August 6, 2020

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette has requested that the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services say when they plan to release a national plan for vaccinating the U.S. populace against COVID-19.

July 21, 2020

Two Democratic members of Congress from Colorado were able to get their long-sought wilderness wishes into the $740 billion defense spending bill that passed the House Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette's bill to protect nearly 1.4 million acres of wilderness in Colorado, California and Washington passed the House Tuesday afternoon as part of a National Defense Authorization Act.

July 21, 2020

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette lead a committee hearing into how American companies are doing when it comes to developing a vaccine for coronavirus. The Democrat who represents Denver chaired the House committee with executives from five committees Tuesday morning.

She started the hearing a hopeful note.