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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after the announcement that President Obama will use the Antiquities Act to name Browns Canyon a new National Monument. Rep. DeGette has worked with local partners since 1999 who asked for her assistance to protect the area. She introduced legislation that would protect Browns Canyon as a wilderness area as part of her Colorado Wilderness Act:
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (CO-01) joined Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (TX-29) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) along with every democratic member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to introduce the CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., and Commerce Manufacturing & Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton, Michael Burgess, and Tim Murphy requesting hearings on the rise in subprime auto loans to low-income consumers.
WASHINGTON – Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton, Joe Pitts, and Tim Murphy requesting a hearing on the current measles outbreak and the importance of vaccinations to prevent the spread of measles. This public health issue returned to public attention last year after an outbreak in Ohio, and a December outbreak that began at Disneyland has led to over 100 measles cases in 14 states and Mexico.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) commended President Obama as he announced a new Precision Medicine Initiative and offered the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Today marks the 8th Annual Data Privacy Day, which has served as a day for both businesses and consumers to come together in support of our vital right to information security on the internet. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Joe Barton (TX-06), co-Chairs of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, issued the following joint statement:
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.