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DeGette And Bishop Announce “Helping Veterans Exposed To Toxic Chemicals” Act

June 27, 2013

Burn Pit Toxic Exposure Illnesses Will Be Studied, Treated at Defense Centers of Excellence Under New Bill

DeGette Cosponsors Respect For Marriage Act To Ensure Full Repeal Of DOMA

June 26, 2013

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Vice Chair of the Congressional LGBT Caucus, released the following statement after the introduction of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would ensure the full repeal of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Rep. DeGette is an original co-sponsor of the bill.

DeGette Statement On Supreme Court Marriage Equality Rulings

June 26, 2013

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court's rulings today to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and to dismiss the appeal of California's Proposition 8, which will now allow marriage to resume in our nation's largest state. Earlier this year, Rep.

DeGette Statement On SCOTUS Voting Rights Act Decision

June 25, 2013

Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court's decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965:

DeGette Announces Introduction of Colorado Wilderness Act

June 24, 2013

Press Release

DENVER – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) announced the introduction of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2013, which proposes a balanced approach to protect 31 wilderness areas and two potential wilderness areas, totaling approximately 750,000 acres, across the state.

DeGette Statement on Farm Bill Vote

June 20, 2013

Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today issued the following statement regarding her vote against the Farm Bill, H.R. 1947. The bill failed 195 to 234. The bill would have gutted $20.5 Billion in funding for the critical Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as the food stamp program.

DeGette and Dent Introduce Bipartisan Stem Cell Legislation

June 19, 2013

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Charlie Dent (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Stem Cell Research Advancement Act, to ensure a lasting framework for ethical embryonic stem cell research at the National Institutes for Health (NIH), and to bring certainty to the scientific community pursuing research that could produce life-saving cures and treatments.

DeGette & Pro-Choice Caucus Stand United Against House GOP’s Extreme Abortion Measure

June 18, 2013

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, joined several other Members in speaking out against the extreme legislation advancing today in the House that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, with no exception to protect a woman's health.

The House abortion bill likely won’t make it into law. But it still matters.

June 18, 2013

In The News

By Juliet Eilperin

Washington Post

Bipartisan Baseball” at Nats Park Takes Crossing the Aisle to a New Level

June 6, 2013

In The News

By Carol Ross Joynt

Washingtonian

Imagine this as a scenario for bonding and team-building among members of Congress: a night at a baseball game. In its most extreme iteration, the full House would convene at Nationals Park, be immediately adjourned, and then kick back to eat hot dogs and peanuts, sip beer or lemonade, watch the game, and, most of all, get to know one another better.

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