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March 29, 2014

General Motors said on Friday that it was expanding its ignition switch recall to include an additional 971,000 small cars worldwide that may have been previously repaired with defective switches.

G.M. is already recalling 1.62 million cars, made in the 2007 model year and earlier, to replace switches that could accidentally be jostled and cut off engine power, deactivating air bags.

March 29, 2014

DENVER (AP) — New General Motors CEO Mary Barra has been cooperative with members of Congress investigating why the company did not act sooner to address a potentially deadly defect in some of its small cars, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said.

March 29, 2014

WASHINGTON—As he leads a congressional investigation into ignition defects in General Motors Co. GM -1.41% vehicles, Rep. Fred Upton might decide to look hardest at the auto maker's actions, or he might focus on regulatory lapses on the part of the federal government.

March 29, 2014

On Friday, as General Motors expanded a recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least a dozen deaths, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette announced she will lead an investigation into the ongoing safety and commerce issue.

GM added 824,000 vehicles from years 2008-11 to the 1.6 million cars already recalled from 2003-07.

March 29, 2014

DENVER - General Motors' recalls of 1.6 million cars with potentially fatal flaws will face a congressional investigation led, in part, by a Colorado congresswoman.

The cars have a faulty ignition switch that could cause them to switch off while on the road.

March 28, 2014

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is expected to announce Friday that she will lead an investigation into the matter of a General Motors recall of 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches.

March 27, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) joined Reps. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), and Tim Bishop (D-NY) in introducing the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act to prohibit the advertising of e-cigarettes to children.

March 26, 2014

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Jared Polis (CO-02) signed onto a petition renewing their call to House Republican Leadership to allow a vote on H.R. 15, a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform measure.

March 25, 2014

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Pro-Choice Caucus led a press conference to discuss the Supreme Court’s hearing of oral arguments in the cases of Hobby Lobby vs. Sebelius and Sebelius v.

March 25, 2014

When we set out to reform health care, one of our major priorities was ending the practice of charging women more than men for the same insurance.