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August 6, 2015

Denver – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by joining Colorado civic leaders to call for renewed protections for people to cast their ballots.

August 5, 2015

An effort to designate 32 areas as wilderness across Colorado was launched again in Washington on Wednesday.

The Colorado Wilderness Act was introduced by Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, and it could protect two large areas in Montezuma County, with support from local officials.

August 5, 2015

Legislation would add 325 acres of land near Maroon Bells area to wilderness

Congresswoman Diana DeGette has reintroduced a bill that aims to designate 715,000 acres in 32 areas in Colorado as wilderness including 325 acres adjacent to the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness west of Aspen, and another 21,900 acres south of Carbondale.

July 28, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (PA-18) to continue the panel's multi-year investigation into the continued pattern of safety violations at federal laboratories working biochemical pathogens.

July 27, 2015

Nearly 200 labs around the world have received live anthrax, according to Defense Department testimony before Congress on Tuesday.

July 24, 2015

WASHINGTON –U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles filed a safety recall notice due to cybersecurity vulnerability in approximately 1.4 million vehicles:

July 23, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined with Reps. David Cicilline (RI-01) and John Lewis (GA-05) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to introduce the Equality Act, a landmark bill that would extend vital non-discrimination protections to include LGBT individuals.

July 22, 2015

On a Thursday evening in early July, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton came to the well of the House floor with a poster-board photograph of himself with two smiling blonde girls.

July 22, 2015

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The U.S. Forest Service completes a 5-year Roadless Area Review and Evaluation process (RARE I), which found that all the USFS lands within Browns Canyon and surrounding areas, tallying tens of thousands of acres, are suitable to be designated as wilderness.

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July 20, 2015

BUENA VISTA — Like a whitewater rafting trip down the Arkansas River, the dedication ceremony Saturday for Browns Canyon National Monument hit a few rough patches along the way.