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June 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted late Thursday to approve a package of eight gun-safety bills that will now head to the full House for a vote as early as next week.
June 3, 2022

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette helped introduce legislation to ban the sale, manufacturing, transfer or possession of high-capacity gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. That legislation was part of a package of eight gun safety bills that will head to the full U.S.

May 25, 2022

As a new shipment of baby formula arrives in the United States from Germany, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, representing Colorado's 1st District, led a hearing today with the FDA and the Abbott factory at the center of the formula shortage. As CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd reported, DeGette is leading a federal inquiry into the shortage.

May 24, 2022

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette is leading a federal inquiry into the nation's baby formula shortage. DeGette is the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. She is also a new grandmother who understands the sense of panic and urgency gripping parents.

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A graphic of Rep. DeGette stating "$40 million requested for Denver area projects."
May 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has requested more than $40 million to fund more than a dozen community projects in the Denver area that are designed to make more affordable housing, food and essential health services available to those in need.
May 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – chair of the House panel that oversees the FDA and is spearheading the investigation into the nationwide shortage of baby formula – said today that one of the issues the committee is focused on, as it prepares for next week’s hearing, is why it took federal regulators so long to identify and remedy concerns raised with Abbott Nutrition’s baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan.
May 17, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – chair of the House panel that oversees the FDA and is spearheading the ongoing investigation into the nationwide shortage of baby formula – announced today that the panel will hold a hearing next week to hear directly from three of the nation’s largest baby formula manufacturers about what’s causing the shortage and what needs to be done to fix it.
May 11, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following joint statement on the Senate voting today to block the passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act, a landmark piece of legislation the House passed in September to codify Roe v. Wade and protect Americans’ right to abortion care:
May 4, 2022

After this week’s bombshell leak of the Supreme Court opinion signaling an overturn of Roe v. Wade, lawmakers in Washington are looking for other solutions to protect abortion rights.

May 3, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following joint statement in response to reports about a draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: