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May 24, 2016

All but a handful of House Democrats are calling on Speaker Paul D. Ryan to disband the special committee established last year to probe connections between abortion providers and medical researchers, accusing the panel of “continued abuses which jeopardize the integrity of the House and the safety of Americans.”

May 18, 2016

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and three colleagues – Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the bill introduced by House Republicans that would provide insufficient funding to combat the Zika virus:

May 18, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Congressman Gene Green (D-TX), leading members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today issued the following statement on a new bipartisan, bicameral proposal to reform U.S. chemical safety efforts under the Toxic Substances Control Act:

May 16, 2016

Washington, D.C.– Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and two other leading pro-choice members of Congress voiced disappointment regarding the Supreme Court’s order on Zubik v. Burwell today.

May 13, 2016

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Thank you so much Mr. Chairman for having this follow-up hearing on our round-table that we held on concussions and brain trauma earlier this year.

I’m very pleased that the Committee is looking first to youth sports through official hearings because studies have shown that children and teens are more likely than adults to get a concussion and they take longer to recover.

May 12, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette and the other Democratic members of the Select Investigative Panel sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan calling on him to end Chair Marsha Blackburn’s abusive investigation, which is being conducted in violation of House and Committee rules and practice and putting doctors and researchers in danger.

May 12, 2016

Washington, DC – Five members of Congress who have been pushing for new regulations on methane emissions across the United States applauded the release today of the Environmental Protection Agency’s finalized rule for methane limits in the oil and gas sector.

May 11, 2016

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Louise Slaughter (NY-25), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, strongly object to subpoenas sent today by Chairman Marsha Blackburn of the Select Investigative Panel to compel the testimony of several Maryland health-care organizations and a physician who was identified by name.

May 5, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) said American children are safer and can look forward to a healthier future thanks to today’s final rule bringing regulation of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products under the authority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

May 4, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) is at the forefront of a congressional effort to protect young American players of basketball, football and other sports from repetitive brain trauma. Today, she and colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to leaders of collegiate and youth athletic organizations asking how they plan to prevent and mitigate these risks.