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The excitement was palpable — as it is almost every summer Saturday along the upper Arkansas River — as the who's-who list of federal, state and area dignitaries arrived for the formal dedication ceremony of Browns Canyon National Monument. But nowhere was it more evident than on the bow of Gov. John Hickenlooper's whitewater raft.
Advances in biomedical and pharmaceutical research continue to occur at a dizzying pace. Yet the process of moving these discoveries out of the lab and into the real world where they can benefit people is frustratingly slow.
Last week, the House passed H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, with a bipartisan vote of 344-77. The 21st Century Cures Act contains some important provisions for the pediatric and rare disease community. This bipartisan effort was led by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.
WASHINGTON –U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) headed the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation's latest effort to examine fraud and abuse in Medicare Part D. Vulnerabilities in the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.
The bacteria-tainted apple that probably killed Shirlee Frey traveled hundreds of miles from an orchard to a packinghouse and then to a factory that coated it in caramel. It never came anywhere close to being examined or tested by a food-safety inspector.
Throughout the intensely interesting and harrowing trial of James Holmes, there is one issue that has seemingly disappeared.
How did a man fantasizing of killing people have such easy access to guns and ammunition?
The issue was front and center after the July 20, 2012, massacre in an Aurora movie theater that killed 12 and injured 70.
WASHINGTON — By the standards of the modern Congress, Representatives Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan, and Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado, have no business writing health care legislation together.
With exquisite timing, House Republicans last week stepped into a public-relations debacle. The House was working to pass an appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, but the longstanding bipartisan process on spending bills has been shattered, meaning that there would be no Democratic votes for the highly partisan bill.
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, by a vote of 344-77.
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and 62 co-sponsors to introduce the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act or EACH Woman Act.