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July 31, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after the Central Intelligence Agency admitted to searching a computer system used exclusively by congressional investigators:

July 30, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette issued the following statement after the House passage of H.R. 3230, The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act:

July 30, 2014

WASHINGTON – With House Speaker John Boehner preparing to wrap up July's legislative activity without passing meaningful bills in a number of areas, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called on Republican House leadership to bring up legislation that would address the country's needs.

July 23, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (MI-06) hosted a roundtable discussion with leading experts on personalized medicine and its potential to shape our nation's health care system.

July 18, 2014

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) commended President Obama after the White House announced the Monday signing of an executive order that will prohibit federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and she issued the following statement:

July 18, 2014

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after Colorado reported its June unemployment rate had fallen to 5.5 percent, the lowest level since October 2008.

July 16, 2014

WASHINGTON – Congressional democratic investigators have uncovered additional and alarming problems at Centers for Disease Control (CDC) facilities that should have alerted officials to serious safety lapses. Inspections by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported incidents ranging from paperwork errors to breaches in basic safety procedures.

July 15, 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and Reps. Diana DeGette (C0-01), Ed Perlmutter (C0-07) and Jared Polis (C0-02) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House John Boehner calling for quick passage of legislation to sustain the Highway Trust Fund.

July 15, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today Ranking Members Henry A. Waxman, Anna G. Eshoo, and Diana DeGette sent a letter to John Roth, Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), requesting an investigation into allegations of anti-competitive conduct by Motorola in the sale of public safety telecommunications' equipment and services.

July 11, 2014

KUSA – Years before the VA started collecting names of people who believe they may have been sickened by exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, doctors at Denver's National Jewish Health started receiving phone calls from men and women complaining of mysterious medical problems.

Dr. Cecile Rose received her first phone call in 2009.