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June 24, 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 in the field of digital health care as part of the bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative.

June 23, 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) urged Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to sign up for the Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, which is now available online.

June 19, 2014

WASHINGTON — Today Ranking Members Diana DeGette and Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Tim Murphy to request hearings on the implications to seniors, taxpayers, Part D drug plans, and the Medicare program of the high costs of Sovaldi, the new Hepatitis C drug manufactured by Gilead Pharmaceuticals. The drug costs $84,000 for a course of treatment and a new analysis by researchers from Georgetown University and the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that Medicare Part D coverage for Sovaldi alone will increase Medicare drug spending by $6.5 billion - 8%- in 2015.

June 16, 2014

DENVER – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement in response to President Obama's announcement of an executive order banning discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

June 11, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called for new approaches to encourage further investments in drug innovation. The hearing on "21st Century Cures: Examining the role of Incentives in Advancing Treatments and Cures for Patients" was conducted in the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.

June 10, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC— Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Tim Murphy requesting a hearing on recent findings from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The release of these new findings explain why the blowout preventer (BOP) in use on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig failed to prevent the catastrophic explosion and oil spill in 2010. The explosion killed 11 and caused the release of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

June 5, 2014

DENVER – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that young Coloradoans previously enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program can now renew their status for an additional two-year period. DACA was established to provide young immigrants who came to the United States as children a status that defers deportation actions for a two-year period and also grants work authorization.

June 5, 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement after General Motors announced findings of an internal report on ignition switch failures and plans to create a victim compensation fund:

May 30, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) called for the Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate and release state- and site-level information about the scheduling and access management practices of Veterans Health Administration facilities after the department released an initial audit summary. This system-wide audit was quickly conducted after abuses of the VA's scheduling system were uncovered at multiple facilities across the country.

May 30, 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement after President Obama accepted the resignation of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki:

"Eric Shinseki served our country honorably as a combat soldier, general, and cabinet secretary. As more information about systemic problems within the Veterans Health Administration has come to light, it has become clear that fundamental reforms are needed, starting with new leadership.