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"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."
A local veteran finally received a long-overdue medal. He was supposed to receive the award more than 40 years ago but finally got it on Tuesday.
Rep. Diana DeGette presented the Soldier's Medal to Army Spc. Joseph Gilmore at VFW Post 1 in Denver. He was set to receive it in 1973 but he never got the medal because of a missing letter of recommendation.
A report released Friday by Congress' nonpartisan watchdog agency says federal officials do not have a firm grasp on the thousands of abandoned and potentially dangerous mines on its land.
The Government Accountability Office study says some of the mines hold the potential for human and environmental health risks.
WASHINGTON — Very little has come easy to the VA hospital project in Aurora, and that pattern is threatening to repeat itself later this month when agency officials attempt to get $625 million more for the over-budget facility.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep.
Denver – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced her support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action concerning Iran's nuclear program and offered the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) renewed her call for the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation to release full, unedited video footage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America staff and associated facilities obtained by the Center for Medical Progress. In the four weeks since Rep.
WASHINGTON -- Federal laboratories working with bioterror pathogens are "the leading offenders" that have repeatedly been referred for sanctions because of safety violations, yet regulators from the Department of Health and Human Services have largely responded with violation letters, according to documents released by Congressional watchdogs for a hearing on lab safety Tuesday.
On July 23, House and Senate Democrats introduced a landmark bill that would see non-discrimination protections extended to the LGBT community on a federal level. Titled the Equality Act, the bill has a very close Colorado connection, with US Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) being one of its key original co-sponsors.
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Diana DeGette and Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico have called for an oversight hearing on the Gold King Mine spill that released 3 million gallons of wastewater into the Animas and San Juan Rivers. Both members serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. DeGette is Ranking Member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.