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June 3, 2009
Mandatory Recall Authority and Traceability Included in Omnibus Food Safety Bill

June 1, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, joined U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today in expressing sadness over the murder of Dr. George Tiller, Medical Director of Women's Health Care Services in Wichita, Kansas.

May 28, 2009

Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massiveenergy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean waterlaws, Congress is having second thoughts about the environmentaldangers posed by the burgeoning industry.

May 27, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chair Emeritus John D. Dingell, Chairs Henry A. Waxman, Frank Pallone, and Bart Stupak, and Reps. Diana DeGette and Betty Sutton released a discussion draft of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.

May 27, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Castle (R-DE), chief architects of bipartisan legislation overturning former President George W.

May 26, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered the following statement on President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court Justice:

May 25, 2009

DeGette speaks out after Afghanistan fact-finding trip on women's rights

May 25, 2009

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By: Wendy Norris

May 22, 2009

Energy and Commerce 'emissaries' a key to House floor success for climate plan

May 22, 2009

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By: Darren Samuelsohn

May 21, 2009

Will mail to Congress influence the outcome of Waxman-Markey?

May 21, 2009

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By: Christa Marshall

May 20, 2009
Provision Calls for 2.5 Percent Annual Increase in Energy Efficiency