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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.
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.
Rep. Degette visits Tennyson Center for Children to discuss proposed cuts to critical programs
June 5, 2013
Energy-Rich Colorado Becomes Setting for Fracking Fight
May 23, 2013
By: Jennifer Oldham & Jim Snyder
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) updated draft rule for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") on public lands.
DeGette says common-sense federal framework needed to govern fracking
May 9, 2013
By: Bruce Finley