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April 19, 2014

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement ahead of tomorrow's 15th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting:

April 12, 2014

Last month, Mary T. Barra, the new chief executive of General Motors, told a panel of stern and dubious House members that she first became aware of a serious safety issue with the Chevrolet Cobalt in December, two months before the company announced a recall that would eventually cover 2.6 million cars.

April 10, 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after General Motors announced the suspension of two engineers connected to the recall of 2.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches:

April 8, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called on her colleagues to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act as the country recognizes Equal Pay Day, which marks the day when, more than three months into the year, women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.

April 7, 2014

WASHINGTON –U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called on the Obama Administration to change its deportation polices following today’s report in the New York Times.

April 2, 2014

Andrew Smith finally understands why his 2006 Saturn Ion unexpectedly shut down on him twice — the same number of times he had to change his ignition switch.

"I'm pretty angry that people have been hurt by this," the Denver resident said. "And if reports are true that GM knew and released cars anyway, that's pretty bad."

April 1, 2014

General Motors chief executive Mary T. Barra faced a barrage of questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon on why the automaker had ignored complaints about faulty ignition switches for a decade without reporting the problem to federal regulators or acknowledging a safety defect.

April 1, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fix for a faulty ignition switch linked to 13 traffic deaths would have cost just 57 cents, members of Congress said Tuesday as they demanded answers from General Motors' new CEO on why the automaker took 10 years to recall cars with the defect.

April 1, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) presided as Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee’s hearing on the recent General Motors (GM) recall of over 2.5 million vehicles linked to defective ignition switches.

April 1, 2014

Effort Gains Momentum in Light of GM Recalls

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are reviving efforts to strengthen the powers and resources of the nation's auto-safety regulators as they dig more deeply into why General Motors Co. waited almost a decade to recall vehicles with an ignition-switch defect.