Press Releases

DENVER, CO — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after Donald Trump announced overnight that the United States commenced a massive military operation against Iran.
 
“This morning, Donald Trump illegally began a massive military operation against Iran without consulting Congress. During his State of the Union address earlier this week, President Trump made no attempt to explain why he felt military action was necessary at this time.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tonight, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after Donald Trump concluded his State of the Union address:

“As expected, Donald Trump continued to mislead the American people about his record. His delusion was on full display as he lied about the economy, launched personal attacks against Members of Congress, and showed his focus is on himself.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), a senior member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement after the National Lab of the Rockies (NLR) announced an involuntary Reduction in Force (RIF): 

“Donald Trump promised to lower costs on day one. Now, electricity prices have spiked 13% since he took office. Yet, his administration has declared war on renewable energy projects that save Americans money, putting enormous stress on labs like Colorado’s National Lab of the Rockies. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) reintroduced the Colorado Wilderness Act, a landmark bill that would permanently protect more than 720,000 acres of wilderness across 36 distinct areas in Colorado with the highest level of federal protection available.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressional Diabetes Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), Express Scripts, Inc., and its affiliated entities.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that twelve Community Project Funding (CPF) requests she championed for Denver were signed into law as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) and Transportation–Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations packages.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement ahead of voting against the funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS):

“DHS under Secretary Noem and President Trump is out of control. Federal immigration agents have beaten, detained, shot, and killed immigrants and American citizens. ICE must be defunded and dismantled, and I cannot support another dime to DHS until that happens.”