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In a column published today in the Huffington Post, Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called for anti-choice activists and politicians to cease the use of vitriol that may have inspired last Friday's shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Statements by the alleged shooter to law enforcement bear close resemblance to incendiary phrases pushed by lawmakers since this summer.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01) applauded President Obama's announcement that Minoru Yasui, a lifelong champion of freedom and equal rights who challenged the constitutionality of laws that directly targeted Japanese Americans during World War II, will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined five of her Democratic colleagues who will serve on the House Republicans' new Select Committee to Attack Women's Health. This new, select, committee is the fourth in the House to investigate Planned Parenthood over alleged sales of fetal tissue by Planned Parenthood Affiliates.

WASHINGTON – Rep. DeGette (CO-01) joined her fellow House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders to make the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is expanding its investigation of Volkswagen's emissions issues to include additional Porsche, VW, and Audi models, with three liter diesel engines.

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to conduct a more thorough undertaking than the EPA's initial draft assessment of the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ranking Member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.