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DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement following the President's announcement that United States forces have killed Osama Bin Laden.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1), Congress's leading voice on ethical embryonic stem cell (ESC) research issued the following statement in response to a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Sherley v. Sebelius to vacate the preliminary injunction halting federal funding for ethical ESC research. In a 2-1 decision, the Court ruled that plaintiffs seeking to ban the use of federal funds were unlikely to succeed on the merits of their case.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) joined her colleagues, Reps. Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey, in releasing a new report that provides the first comprehensive national inventory of chemicals used by hydraulic fracturing companies during the drilling process. The report revealed extraordinarily high levels of carcinogens being injected into the ground on fracking projects all across the country, with Colorado having some of the highest levels in the nation.
"I could not vote for the budget legislation on the House floor today that so unfairly takes money out of critical programs for Americans who need them the most – programs like WIC, which provides poor women and children with health care and nutrition assistance – while leaving others unscathed, including the Defense Department. We cannot sacrifice the current generation in the name of protecting the next.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Diana DeGette, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health joined Rep. John D. Dingell to introduce The Drug Safety Enhancement Act, which would equip the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the authorities and resources it needs to adequately regulate the growing global marketplace for pharmaceuticals.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement regarding the budget agreement to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year, and avoid a government shutdown.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement following President Barack Obama's address to the American people about U.S. military action in Libya.
DENVER - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) tonight issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama's decision to begin military action in Libya without securing Congressional authority.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today voted against H.R. 1076 which would prohibit federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR), crippling NPR, public radio stations, and programming vital to more than 27 million Americans each week. Unfortunately the bill, advanced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-5), passed the Republican-controlled House.
DeGette submitted the following statement for the record:
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-1), Maurice Hinchey(NY-22), and Jared Polis (CO-2) introduced the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act (FRAC Act), a bill that establishescommon sense safeguards to protect drinking water from risks associatedwith the natural gas drilling technique known as "hydraulic fracturing"or "fracking." Fracking is a process used in almost all natural gasdrilling, whereby fluids are injected at high pressure into undergroundrock formations to blast them open to increase efficiency of the wells.