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May 12, 2015

MADDOW: Joining us now is Congresswoman Diana DeGette. She`s co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus in the House.

Congresswoman DeGette, thanks for being with us tonight. Nice to see you.

REP. DIANA DEGETTE (D), COLORADO: Good to be with you, Rachel.

May 11, 2015

At the time, GM insisted there were only 13 deaths attributed to the safety defect. Such a claim seemed preposterous. It turns out DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, was prescient.

May 4, 2015

A package of new policies aimed at getting cutting-edge medical cures to Americans more quickly is moving forward, with House lawmakers releasing the latest iteration last week.

May 4, 2015

A bill sponsored by a Colorado Congressman that would allow legal marijuana dispensaries access to the federal banking system has been re-introduced to the House of Representatives — but it faces long odds.

Representatives Ed Perlmutter of Colorado and Denny Heck back H.R. 2076 — the Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act of 2015.

May 2, 2015

An unusual coalition of Democrats and conservative Republicans is calling for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health, but the lawmakers must contend with spending caps known as the sequester.

Bipartisan legislation introduced this week, called 21st Century Cures, would provide billions of dollars in new funding for medical research at NIH.

May 2, 2015

Congresswoman Diana DeGette got a front row seat when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the White House as part of his week-long stop in the United States.

April 30, 2015

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined with members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to hold the first legislative hearing on her bipartisan 21st Century Cures draft legislation. Rep.

April 30, 2015

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined with members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to hold the first legislative hearing on her bipartisan 21st Century Cures draft legislation. Rep.

April 29, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – After nearly a year of listening to patients, innovators, researchers, providers, consumers, and regulators, bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have released a discussion draft marking continued progress in the 21st Century Cures initiative. On Thursday, exactly one year to the day since full Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep.

April 17, 2015

COMMERCE CITY — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder spent much of her political career at the helm of a movement that would transform 15,000 acres of deeply toxic land in Commerce City into the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.