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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.
Colorado Estimated to Receive $66 Million; $16 Million Estimated for Denver County Alone
DeGette and Slaughter Applaud Move
WASHINGTON – Bi-partisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Rules, today lauded President Obama's inclusion of evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs and elimination of failed abstinence education programs in his budget proposal.
Slaughter and DeGette Applaud Step in Right Direction, Call for More Action
Washington, DC – Bi-partisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Rules, and Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded family planning investments in President Obama's budget proposal.
Industry campaign targets 'hydraulic fracturing' billMay 7, 2009
By Anne C. Mulkern, Greenwire
Fearing a push by House Democrats to regulate a controversial formof natural gas production, an industry coalition launched a campaignyesterday arguing that new rules would kill jobs and batter the economy.