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March 31, 2009

WASHINGTON – As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues an alert regarding certain pistachios that may have been contaminated with salmonella, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today reaffirmed her commitment to giving the federal government mandatory recall authority and traceability powers.

March 28, 2009

Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food

Saturday, March 28, 2009

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By: Brad Stone and Matt Richtel

March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON – As the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations examines the role of independent institutional review boards (IRBs) that oversee research on human participants, U.S. Rep.

March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep.

March 25, 2009

WASHINGTON – As the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight andInvestigations prepares to examine the role of independentinstitutional review boards that oversee research on humanparticipants, U.S. Rep.

March 25, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today supported H.R. 1105,FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which contains the nine FY 2009appropriations bills not completed in the 110th Congress. The measurepassed on a vote of 245 to 178.

March 25, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), ViceChair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, offered the followingresponse to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session ofCongress:

March 23, 2009

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Co-Chair of the BipartisanCongressional Pro-Choice Caucus, offered the following statement ontoday's New York District Court ruling that the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) violated its own established procedures when itlimited access to emergency contraception to women 18 and over.

March 18, 2009

Washington, DC – Today, members of the Colorado Congressionaldelegation met with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki,and discussed plans to move forward with building the new VA MedicalCenter at the Fitzsimons medical campus in Aurora.

March 18, 2009
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today hailed the Obama Administration for the release of senior nutrition assistance from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Colorado will receive a total of $1,265,254 for meals and nutrition services under the Older Americans Act (OAA).