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November 21, 2013
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) introduced bipartisan legislation which would establish a commission to develop a comprehensive energy policy for the United States.
"In the 21st century, our nation faces a critical need to produce a comprehensive energy plan," said Rep. Diana DeGette.
November 19, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) presided as Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee's hearing on the security of Healthcare.gov.
Video of Rep. DeGette's opening statement can be found here.
Rep.
November 19, 2013
Both Democrats and Republicans agree that there are serious concerns about the botched HealthCare.gov rollout and potential security issues on the site, but as Congress tries to get to the bottom of the site's problems, politics often gets in the way.
"The exchanges need to be fixed, and they need to be fixed fast," Rep.
November 18, 2013
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) hailed the passage of H.R. 3204 The Drug Quality and Security Act by the U.S. Senate. The House passed the legislation on September 28. The legislation was the result of intensive bipartisan, bicameral efforts to help ensure the safety of compounding drugs and help save patients' lives.
November 15, 2013

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement regarding her vote against Rep. Fred Upton's (MI-06) bill, the so-called "Keep Your Health Plan Act." The bill undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by allowing insurers to sell substandard plans to millions of new enrollees through 2014. Rep.

November 4, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette, Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A.

October 24, 2013

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) offered the following opening statement at the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s hearing on improving Healthcare.gov.

Rep. DeGette’s opening statement, as delivered, is below:

“Thank you very much Mr. Pallone.

October 24, 2013

About an hour and a half into this morning's Energy and Commerce hearing, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) showed off a slide of code he said was from the HealthCare.gov site, and which he believed was a violation of HIPAA heath privacy rules.

October 24, 2013

The Energy and Commerce Committee is now a bit more than two hours into its hearing on HealthCare.gov. If you've missed it, this tweet pretty much sums up the proceedings:

October 24, 2013

WASHINGTON — Federal officials did not fully test the online health insurance marketplace until two weeks before it opened to the public on Oct. 1, contractors told Congress on Thursday.

While individual components of the system were tested earlier, they said, the government did not conduct "end-to-end-testing" of the system until late September.