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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette released the following statement after joining other members of Congress in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Edith Schlain Windsor, a landmark challenge to Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement applauding passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA), which extends key protections to all victims of violence:

"Today's passage of a fully inclusive VAWA is a major victory for women across the nation as it contains key protections for LGBT, American Indian, and immigrant victims, makes college campuses safer, helps solve rape crimes, and better addresses victims of human trafficking.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States Representatives Louise M. Slaughter (NY-25) and Diana DeGette (CO-1), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today issued a joint statement in response to the Congressional Republicans letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for an investigation on how Planned Parenthood and other health centers use their federal funding:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act (HREA), by unanimous vote of 422-0. This bipartisan bill – authored by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) – will facilitate the development of small hydropower and conduit projects and direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to study the feasibility of a streamlined two-year permitting process. Their legislation now moves to the U.S.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) tonight issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Rep. DeGette is a Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) joined with her colleagues on the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force in announcing the consensus policy principles they have developed over the past two months to prevent gun violence in our nation. The Task Force was formed in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut that claimed the lives of 20 children, and the ensuing national call to address the devastation caused by gun violence in our country.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today joined with her colleagues Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04) and Rep. Jared Polis (CO-02) to hold a forum with hundreds of members of the community to discuss the critical need for immigration reform. The forum was an opportunity for the public to hear from the Members of Congress about their efforts on immigration, as well as a chance for members of the public to tell their own story in order to offer input to the Members to take back to D.C. as legislation is drafted in Congress.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today joined with Colorado State Representative Rhonda Fields and local citizens to call on Congress to act on the epidemic of gun violence that our country faces. DeGette discussed her federal legislation to ban high-capacity assault magazines as well as the package of proposals made by President Obama last week. Rep. Fields described her state legislation as well her personal motivation to act, the loss of her son to gun violence.