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As Japan comes under increasing scrutiny of its foreign trade practices, Rep. Diana DeGette says the country's leaders realize they have to change the way they deal with global commerce.
Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Louise Slaughter (NY-25), the co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, criticized emerging Republican plans to move legislation interfering with the District of Columbia's newly-passed protections for women and their reproductive health choices.
Denver, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) was joined yesterday by Reps. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Jared Polis (CO-02) as well as leaders of Adams County, Commerce City, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in unveiling the newly named Pat Schroeder Visitor Center of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette along with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James E.
Colorado's three Democratic members of Congress joined 178 of their colleagues in signing onto a court brief defending President Obama's executive actions on immigration announced last November. The president's orders would have halted deportations of immigrants without documentation who were brought here as children or who are parents of U.S.
About a dozen Sheridan officials and residents had lunch with Congresswoman Diana DeGette, D-Denver, on March 10.
DeGette regularly visits suburban communities she represents, and this is the first time in a few years she has visited Sheridan.
In 2013, Tea Party-inspired lawmakers shut down the federal government for 16 days. This year, the so-called Freedom Caucus (formerly the Tea Party) played chicken with the funding of the Department of Homeland Security.
The regulations represent the administration's most significant effort to tighten standards for hydraulic fracturing, the controversial practice that pumps liquid into rock seams at high pressure to access pockets of oil and gas.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat who has represented Colorado's First District since 1997, will introduce bills this session to help ease federal-state issues over marijuana legalization and bring cures from the lab to patients more quickly. She'll also focus on capping student loan interest rates and continue working on improvements to the Affordable Care Act.
Doctors who treat Medicare patients will face a huge cut, 21 percent, if Congress doesn't act by the end of the month. This isn't a new problem. While Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill agree that the formula that pays doctors who treat Medicare patients has long been broken, over the years they've been unable to pass more than temporary patches.