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To avoid election turbulence, House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) hope Congress passes by July 4 a bill that combines the House's 21st Century Cures Act and the Senate's Innovation for Healthier Americans Act.
Representative Diana DeGette assured that if she is reelected she will propose a group of bills to help students who are burdened by student debt. DeGette believes that a loan forgiveness plan must be approved for those graduates who choose to work in public service or in the non-profit industry.
Lawmakers delved into the inner workings of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, needling Chairman Tom Wheeler about the agency’s openness (or lack thereof) with the American public when drafting or tweaking rules that govern the telecom industry.
Rock legend Roger Daltrey took the stage for a different type of show Wednesday on Capitol Hill where he headlined a “Conversation on Child Cures."
The Who frontman was joined by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Rep. Diana Degette (D-Colo.), as well as parents and survivors of deadly diseases.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)issued the following statement following a meeting at the White House with Vice President Joe Biden on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
Vice President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss a medical innovation bill that could be the path to funding for his cancer “moonshot.”
Biden met with House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), ranking member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rep. Diana Degette (D-Colo.), who are the leaders of the House’s 21st Century Cures effort.
This election cycle has placed a renewed focus on money's influence in politics.
WASHINGTON, DC – One day after the National Football League (NFL) admitted at a House Energy and Commerce Committee roundtable that there is a link between football and degenerative brain disorders, U.S. Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The NFL's top health and safety officer acknowledged Monday there is a link between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE -- the first time a senior league official has conceded football's connection to the devastating brain disease.