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Chairman, even though the majority has refused to send this bill for a score to the CBO before we mark it up, Joe Antos from the American Enterprise Institute has estimated that 10 to 15 million people will lose their insurance because of this legislation, and a number of other think tanks have said the same.
I want to ask you a question, Mr. Chairman: Who are those 10 to 15 million people?
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:
"Americans rose up immediately to tell him it was wrong. Our allies overseas weighed in, as well. Courts stopped him from proceeding. But President Trump wouldn't listen, and has now tried again to push through this discriminatory, dangerous ban.
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.
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:
"Before passing the ACA, the House held 79 related bipartisan hearings and markups over two years, with input from 181 witnesses proposed on both sides the aisle. The bill was posted online for 30 days before the first committee markup.
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:
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.
"I can't describe how frustrating it is to see another athlete break through performance barriers in unrealistic timeframes, knowing what I had to go through to do it," said Phelps, who retired last year with 28 career Olympic medals.
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.
Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) said Tuesday at an event hosted by The Hill that they want the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be able to hire more workers in order to expedite the approval of new drugs and devices, as their measure, the 21st Century Cures Act, intends.
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.
After unfortunate delays in investigating serious claims made by courageous whistleblowers, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) eventually launched investigations into allegations that Russia was systematically involved in doping.
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.
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. Despite their promise to focus on jobs and the economy, Republican leaders have made attacking women's health care their top priority during the 115th Congress.