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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.
"Our continued economic progress and job growth are welcome news for Colorado workers, job seekers, and business owners. The Great Recession dealt a painful blow, and we are now in a position to turn a slow but steady recovery into strong and consistent growth. Colorado is full of hardworking and talented people, and we are poised to reach new economic heights."
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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. While some inspections of CDC facilities have been previously reported, these additional inspections indicate this problem has been more pervasive than previously thought.
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.
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.
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.
"It was from an active-duty service member saying she had developed unexplained shortness of breath and a cough following her deployment into Iraq," recalls the pulmonologist.
Five years later, the calls continue to come in.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) commended Denver Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson for her decision to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to loving same-sex couples. Earlier today, a Boulder District Court judge denied an injunction to prevent issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and Rep. DeGette offered the following statement:
U.S. Senate Democrats, vying to retain control of the chamber in November's midterm election, are touting their support for legislation requiring for-profit companies to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives.
Two Democratic senators in competitive races -- Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Udall of Colorado -- joined a group of women lawmakers today to announce the measure, which seeks to reverse the effect of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week.
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress said Tuesday that they had developed legislation to override the Supreme Court decision on contraceptives. The bill would ensure that women had access to insurance coverage for birth control even if they worked for businesses that had religious objections.
The bill, put together in consultation with the Obama administration, would require for-profit corporations like Hobby Lobby Stores to provide and pay for contraceptive coverage, along with other preventive health services, under the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee and one of the leaders in the fight for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993, will introduce legislation in response to the Supreme Court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), a leader in the fight for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993, announced that they will introduce legislation in response to Monday's Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. They will ensure that for-profit employers cannot use RFRA to override women's access to contraception.