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April 7, 2015

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette along with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James E.

April 7, 2015

Colorado's three Democratic members of Congress joined 178 of their colleagues in signing onto a court brief defending President Obama's executive actions on immigration announced last November. The president's orders would have halted deportations of immigrants without documentation who were brought here as children or who are parents of U.S.

April 1, 2015

About a dozen Sheridan officials and residents had lunch with Congresswoman Diana DeGette, D-Denver, on March 10.

DeGette regularly visits suburban communities she represents, and this is the first time in a few years she has visited Sheridan.

April 1, 2015

In 2013, Tea Party-inspired lawmakers shut down the federal government for 16 days. This year, the so-called Freedom Caucus (formerly the Tea Party) played chicken with the funding of the Department of Homeland Security.

April 1, 2015

The regulations represent the administration's most significant effort to tighten standards for hydraulic fracturing, the controversial practice that pumps liquid into rock seams at high pressure to access pockets of oil and gas.

April 1, 2015

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat who has represented Colorado's First District since 1997, will introduce bills this session to help ease federal-state issues over marijuana legalization and bring cures from the lab to patients more quickly. She'll also focus on capping student loan interest rates and continue working on improvements to the Affordable Care Act.

March 27, 2015

Doctors who treat Medicare patients will face a huge cut, 21 percent, if Congress doesn't act by the end of the month. This isn't a new problem. While Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill agree that the formula that pays doctors who treat Medicare patients has long been broken, over the years they've been unable to pass more than temporary patches.

March 23, 2015

In 2013, Tea Party-inspired lawmakers shut down the federal government for 16 days. This year, the so-called Freedom Caucus (formerly the Tea Party) played chicken with the funding of the Department of Homeland Security. Most recently, a band of 47 Republicans undermined the president's nuclear negotiations with Iran.

March 23, 2015

Last December, Friends of Browns Canyon met with White House officials to lobby for national monument status. Last week, the group visited the White House itself – this time in celebration.

Executive director Keith Baker and board president Bill Dvorak met president Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Feb. 24 to recognize the recent designation of Brown Canyon National Monument.

March 23, 2015

Representatives Diana DeGette (D, Colorado) and Fred Upton (R, Michigan) recently released a "discussion draft" of the 21st Century Cures Act.1 The stated intent of the almost 400-page bipartisan bill is to "accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures." The bill is subdivided into 5 major areas (see below).