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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) expressed disappointment in today’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of United States vs Texas. The decision blocks the implementation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), programs that would provide a path to citizenship for certain undocumented residents in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette is taking a stand for Americans’ safety tonight by helping to sustain the historic sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. More than 200 House and Senate Democrats have joined the effort over the course of the past ten-plus hours. They want to force the Republican leadership to act on legislation to prevent gun violence.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Co-Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, along with Select Panel Democratic Members sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan asking that he meet with them before the House adjourns for its July 4th recess to discuss their concerns about the partisan, dangerous nature of the Panel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette and leading Democratic members introduced a resolution to disband the Select Investigative Panel, which was established by House Republicans as a political weapon to attack women’s health, target health care providers, and intimidate scientists seeking to understand and ultimately cure life-threatening diseases. Panel Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky, together with DeGette and Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Jackie Speier, Suzan K.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) praised the passage today by the U.S. Senate of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which reforms U.S. chemical safety efforts under the four-decade-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
“TSCA has been flawed since it became law in 1976,” DeGette said. “Nobody likes it—not the environmental community, not chemical manufacturers, nor the parents of America, whose children are exposed to dangerous substances throughout their homes each and every day.
Washington, DC – Almost every House Democrat joined Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and her co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Louise Slaughter (D-NY), in a letter calling on House Speaker Paul Ryan to disband the Select Investigative Panel due to continued, escalating abuses that jeopardize Americans' safety.
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.”
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:
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:
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.