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LOUISIANA – Today, Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) completed a two-day visit to the Gulf of Mexico, to witness first-hand the devastation to the region following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On Sunday, DeGette joined with other Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to tour the marshes impacted by the spilling oil over the last 49 days.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered the following statement on Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's announcement of the restructuring of the Minerals Management Service:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered the following statement on President Barack Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next Supreme Court Justice:

WASHINGTON – This morning, the White House and Department of Education announced that Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, MI has won the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge and will welcome President Barack Obama as their commencement speaker this spring.

Washington, D.C., -- Today U.S. Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO) and U.S. Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) sent a letter to President Barack Obama to highlight the Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) as the most worthy candidate for his delivery of a commencement speech in the Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced that Seiji Hewson, a student at Colorado's Finest Alternative Arts School, won the 2010 First Congressional District Arts Competition. As part of the award, Mr. Hewson's pencil and watercolor piece titled "The Lost World", will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. He will also accompany Rep. DeGette to a special reception.