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WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of owners of Volkswagen diesel cars that skirt emissions standards may have to wait a year or more to get their cars fixed, the head of the automaker's US unit said at a contentious House hearing on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — The president of Volkswagen's American unit came under withering criticism on Thursday at a congressional hearing looking into the automaker's admission that for years it knowingly skirted federal emissions standards.
The 21st Century Cures Act, passed in July by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives, might just be the most significant piece of legislation affecting biomedical research. Ever.
DENVER (CBS4) – A Congressional panel will hold a hearing Thursday to look into the emissions cheating scandal by Volkswagen, and the owner of a Denver VW dealership will be among those testifying.
Fred Emich says the vehicles in question represent 25 percent of his business.
There's a push to try to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes in the United States. Right now it's 18, but that could change to 21 if a Colorado congresswoman gets her way.
Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3660, that would direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to analyze scientific medical data to provide information on the savings of preventive health initiatives beyond the traditional 10-year scoring window.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. DeGette (CO-01) and Rep. Mark Takai (HI-01) introduced the Tobacco to 21 Act, an effort to end smoking among young Americans. The Tobacco to 21 Act would raise the minimum legal tobacco age of sale for tobacco nationwide.
WASHINGTON, DC — As House Republicans announced plans to create a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice Caucus co-chairs Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) today released the following statement:
Any football fan who has turned on the TV to catch their team's game, logged on to see the score or tuned in to hear sports commentary, is probably all too familiar with the commercials for daily fantasy leagues, touting the huge sums of money they've paid out.
"Congresswoman Diana DeGette's office announced the introduction of the Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act, a bill intended to ensure that federal marijuana laws don't exempt the Colorado voter-approved Amendment 64 and a similar measure in Washington state."
This sentence appeared in a November 2012 Westword post — but it could also apply to DeGette's actions this week.