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March 6, 2017

Washington, DC – In response to President Donald J. Trump's second Executive Order to keep people from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement:

March 2, 2017

Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions should resign or be removed immediately due to revelations about his meetings and perhaps other contact with the Russian ambassador to the United States, which appear to conflict with his oral and written testimony at his confirmation hearing.

March 2, 2017

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a leading voice on American health care policy, issued the following statement today about reports that Republican House members had drafted a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act but were hiding it from Democrats:

March 1, 2017

Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement just after President Donald J. Trump's first joint address to Congress:

March 1, 2017

En route to becoming the most decorated Olympian ever, Michael Phelps competed at five Summer Games and six world championships. The mistrust around the swimming pool was so deep, he says now, that not once did he feel those international competitions were completely free of dopers.

March 1, 2017

Two lawmakers who led a bipartisan medical innovation bill last year are warning that President Trump's hiring freeze on federal workers could harm its implementation.

February 28, 2017

Mr. Chairman, another major doping scandal has again shaken the sporting world. This time it involves a wide-ranging Russian scheme to circumvent doping controls relied upon by the global sports community to ensure clean sport.

February 15, 2017

Washington, DC – Immigrants' rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra should not have to face the threat of deportation, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) said today. Vizguerra took shelter last night in a church in DeGette's district.

February 14, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today led 161 House Democratic colleagues in demanding that Speaker Ryan stop Republicans' unprecedented assault on women's health care.

February 14, 2017

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement today on the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn: