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Renewable energy rules, federal highway funds and charging local tax on Internet sales were among issues discussed when Englewood City Council members met with U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 1st Congressional District.
DeGette said one issue on the tentative congressional agenda is to overhaul the 2005 energy act, which could benefit residents, companies and local governments.
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the World H
In his final State of the Union Address, President Obama announced that Vice President Joe Biden — who last year lost his son to brain cancer — would spearhead a "moonshot" to cure cancer.
At the University of Colorado Cancer Center, we already take part in research and data gathering to contribute to the vice president's mission.
In his final State of the Union Address, President Obama announced that after losing a son to brain cancer, Vice President Joe Biden would spearhead a “moonshot” to cure cancer. At the University of Colorado Cancer Center, we already take part in research and data gathering to contribute to the vice president’s mission.
DENVER, CO — Ahead of Sunday’s second round NFL play-off matchup where the Denver Broncos will host the Pittsburgh Steelers, U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Mike Doyle (PA-14) placed a ‘friendly’ wager on whose team will win and advance to the AFC Championship Game. The loser will be responsible for providing local food from their Congressional District to the other Member.
DENVER, CO – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement hailing Planned Parenthood's RICO lawsuit filed today in federal court against the Center for Medical Progress, an anti-choice front group that attacked the health care provider in a series of videos last year:
WASHINGTON — Among the invited guests at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address are five Coloradans with a wide range of life experiences — each brought to the speech by a Colorado lawmaker for a different reason.
They include an imam from the Denver area, a 12-year-old activist with cerebral palsy, a former Denver mayor, the mother of one of the victims of the 2012 Aurora movie shooting and the father of a combat veteran who killed himself.
Democratic Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Keith Ellison are urging colleagues to invite Muslim Americans as guests to Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. So far, more than a dozen lawmakers — mostly Democrats — have heeded their call.
Four Congressional Democrats are requesting information about the NFL's $30 million grant to the National Institutes of Health, in response to an Outside the Lines report that the league withheld funding for an ambitious NIH study on football and brain disease.
WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Diana DeGette and Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), requesting more information regarding the National Football