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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.
The lawmakers sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy requesting the hearing.
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.
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.
Among 715,000 acres up for consideration are 15,000 acres in the Weber-Menefee Mountain area, between Mesa Verde National Park and La Plata County.
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.
In a press conference on Wednesday morning, DeGette, who has championed wilderness legislation since 1999, announced her plans to roll out the Colorado Wilderness Act of 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.
Nearly 200 labs around the world have received live anthrax, according to Defense Department testimony before Congress on Tuesday.
The Pentagon announced last week that 86 labs in 20 states, the District of Columbia and seven foreign countries received live anthrax from Dugway Proving Grounds, a military lab in Utah failed to kill the samples before shipment. A private lab in Maryland discovered earlier this year that its sample that was supposed to be inactive was actually live, sparking an investigation that found more than half of all samples from Dugway contained live spores.
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:
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.
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.
"This is Brook and Brielle. I'm in the middle, so don't look at me," he said. "These two little girls are from my district in Michigan. Our 21st Century Cures effort seeks to capture just a sliver of the hope and optimism that Brook and Brielle exude despite incredible odds."
1972
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.
1973
The Bureau of Land Management recommends 11,000 acres in Browns Canyon area as a "primitive" area.
1976