Newsroom
Latest News
January 8, 2014
House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Thursday on Anti-Choice LegislationRep.
December 16, 2013
WASHINGTON –U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO1) and Blake Farenthold (R-TX27) introduced H.R. 3736, the Protecting Advance Communications for Emergency Services Act (PACES) Act. The PACES Act is a targeted and limited fix that addresses the growing trend of harmful patent litigation by so-called "Patent Trolls." Patent Trolls target cell phone carriers that provide 9-1-1 emergency services to homeland security, public safety, and law enforcement personnel.
December 13, 2013
DENVER – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement in response to the tragic school shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado:
"Our Colorado community has once again been shaken by yet another needless and horrific act of violence. My family and I send our thoughts and prayers to the victims, the Arapahoe High School community, and our brave first responders. In the coming days and weeks, the Arapahoe High School community will have all of our full support.
December 12, 2013
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today issued the following statement regarding her vote on the compromise budget deal. DeGette voted for the bill, which passed the House 332 – 94.
Rep. DeGette's statement is as follows:
"Tonight I voted to pass the bipartisan budget compromise deal that will fund the government for the next two years, and avert yet another eleventh hour showdown. This deal is far from perfect, but it does mitigate the across-the-board sequester cuts that have been harming our economy and hurting job creation.
December 5, 2013
Birth control has proven highly effective and reliable. It's also been good for Democrats' political fortunes. So it's not surprising that Democratic officials, and elected women in particular, are returning to the issue in response to the continual assault on the Affordable Care Act.
"In recent weeks in the debates about the working of the federal exchange, a lot has gotten lost," said Rep. Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado, on a press call featuring female members of Congress.
December 5, 2013
Democratic women lawmakers on Wednesday said they are confident the Supreme Court would uphold an ObamaCare mandate that requires most employers to cover birth control in their insurance plans.
"The healthcare decisions should be made by the employees, not by someone who is running a for-profit company that's not a religious institution," Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) said.
December 5, 2013
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (O&I), issued the following statement regarding her vote in favor of H.R. 3309 Innovation Act:
"Abusive and frivolous patent litigation has become a serious problem for countless businesses throughout the country. O&I's recent hearing revealed some of the more outrageous practices of the so-called patent trolls responsible for this litigation.
December 1, 2013
SILVERTON – A tiny 11 kilowatt hydroelectric project built by the San Juan County Historical Society at the Mayflower Mill near Silverton is the first small hydro project in Colorado, and one of the first in the nation, to qualify for exclusion from federal permitting requirements under the recently enacted Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, a federal small hydro permitting reform bill signed into law last August.
SJCH Chair Bev Rich received word of the exemption from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Nov. 21.
November 27, 2013
Even as Washington, D.C., seems to sink further into dysfunction and gridlock, last week a truly bipartisan bill — one that protects lives — passed its last major hurdle and is now headed to President Obama for his signature.
House Resolution 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, first passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 28, on the eve of the government shutdown. When normal government business resumed, the U.S.
November 26, 2013
WASHINGTON – Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's announcement to review the ACA requirement that for-profit corporations include birth control coverage in insurance available to their employees:
"An overwhelming majority of Americans agree that insurance companies should be required to cover contraceptives regardless of an employer's political or religious beliefs.