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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., has written letters to two congressional committee chairmen seeking a public hearing into reports of domestic violence by professional athletes.
A U.S. congresswoman called today for a hearing into how professional sports leagues handle domestic violence as the National Football League continued to deal with fallout from the Ray Rice case.
Problems are piling up for the NFL in Washington.
From the Ray Rice scandal to the end of sports blackouts to the controversy over the Redskins name, America's most popular sport is under fire like never before in the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON — Using the Ray Rice case as an example, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado urged House leaders on Wednesday to hold a hearing on "the problem of domestic violence by professional athletes," according to a letter released by her office.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), the Ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, asked Republican committee leaders to hold a public hearing to look into troubling incidents of domestic violence involving professional athletes and their handling by professional leagues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette joined by Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton, Joe Pitts, and Tim Murphy requesting a hearing on the rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Personalized medicine — the use of individuals' genomes to treat diseases in ways particular to them — is on the rise nationally, but federal regulations and funding issues are getting in the way of developing more advanced drugs and getting them to market.
Denver – Today, U.S. Rep DeGette issued the following statement on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wilderness Act, the landmark law that has conserved and protected 110 million acres of wilderness areas:
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette(CO-01) will host a Denver roundtable with senior NIH and FDA officials and Colorado's medical research leaders to discuss ways to speed and improve medical cures as part of her 21st Century Cures initiative. The conversation will focus on personalized medicine and will take place Wednesday, September 3rd at 9:30 A.M.