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DeGette speaks out after Afghanistan fact-finding trip on women's rights
May 25, 2009
By: Wendy Norris
Energy and Commerce 'emissaries' a key to House floor success for climate plan
May 22, 2009
By: Darren Samuelsohn
Thirty-five members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee gained a new title last night: global warming ambassadors.
Will mail to Congress influence the outcome of Waxman-Markey?
May 21, 2009
By: Christa Marshall
While polls continue to show that most people's interest in the climatechange issue is fairly tepid, Rep. Charlie Melancon is getting somereally hot mail from his constituents.
Trip to Afghanistan Reaffirms Commitment to Afghan People and U.S. Troops
DeGette targets controversial form of natural-gas drilling
May 15, 2009
By: David O. Williams
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is leading the charge to increase federal oversight of the nation's natural gas industry, reintroducing a bill that specifically targets a process called hydraulic fracturing.
Politics of wilderness: Bill to protect study areas may have hope
May 13, 2009
By: Dave Phillips
WASHINGTON – Upon returning from an informative and productive trip to Afghanistan, a bipartisan delegation of female Members of Congress sent a letter to Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai, expressing their deep concern about the treatment of women and erosion of their rights in Afghanistan under the Shiite Personal Status Law recently passed by the National Assembly. The delegation was in Afghanistan on a fact-finding mission over the May 9 and 10 weekend.