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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton released potential proposals that have been submitted for inclusion in the 21st Century Cures initiative, which Chairman Upton and Rep. DeGette have been leading:
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined U.S. Reps. Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), and Cheri Bustos (IL-17) to introduce the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act, H.R. 478, which would prohibit advertising and marketing of e-cigarettes to children.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) led her Democratic colleagues in standing against the latest Republican attack on women's health care. The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 was hastily pushed to the House floor by Republican leadership and will make it more difficult and more expensive for women to receive comprehensive health care coverage.
Washington, D.C. – Today, on the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, and U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Patty Murray (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced a bicameral resolution in support of women's reproductive health and standing up for a woman's ability to make health care decisions for herself and her family.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) praised President Obama's continued focus on expanding America's economic growth to include middle class families and those working to get there, and she offered the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswomen Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, criticized House GOP leaders for trying to include language in their 20-week abortion ban bill that hearkens to previous statements made by GOP lawmakers about 'legitimate rape.' As currently written, the legislation set to come to the floor next week contains an exception for rape and incest, but only if the incident is reported to law enforcement.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) criticized the House Republican leadership plan to withhold funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless it included policy riders attacking the Obama Administration's plan to address our broken immigration system and our current undocumented population.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) won the unanimous support of her Democratic colleagues to continue serving as the Ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. The subcommittee has the responsibility to oversee all agencies and programs within the full Energy and Commerce Committee's broad jurisdiction.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement opposing the omnibus appropriations legislation that includes numerous policy provisions that are unrelated to the need to fund government operations through next September:
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement following her vote opposing H.R. 5806:
"I have long supported tax incentives for charitable giving. H.R. 5806 includes several provisions that make it easier for individuals and businesses to give to charities of their choosing, and I have supported these in the past. Charitable organizations and those who give to them deserve the certainty of permanent tax provisions instead of short-term extensions, which are particularly ineffective when passed retroactively.