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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.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement today on the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn:
Washington, DC – Congresswomen Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, this evening decried House Republicans' plan to overturn a rule on the Title X family planning grant program using the Congressional Review Act. The rule at issue reinforces longstanding requirements that states cannot discriminate against providers for reasons unrelated to their qualifications to perform family planning services.
So many people registered for a town hall meeting held by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Saturday morning that the venue had to be changed.
DeGette communications director Lynne Weil told Denverite that after the congresswoman notified constituents of the event via her email newsletter, enough people planned to attend that the meeting needed to be moved from a room at Regis University to a hall inside the Police Protective Association with seating for 999.
Denver -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the following statement about the ongoing effects of President Donald Trump's executive order, issued Friday, that restricts the entry of refugees and others to the United States: