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WASHINGTON – As the salmonella outbreak in peanuts and peanut buttercontinues to raise concerns over the safety of our food supply, U.S.Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy andCommerce, today reintroduced two key food safety priorities. First, theSAFER Act gives the federal government the authority to order a recall of tainted foods. Second, the TRACE Act requiresthe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and United States Department ofAgriculture (USDA) to establish a product tracing system to identifycontaminated food.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today hailed the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009introduced by Chairman Emeritus John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman BartStupak (D-MI), and Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ). The measureincludes a mandatory recall provision built upon legislation introducedby DeGette, H.R. 3484, the SAFER Act.

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today released thefollowing statement on receiving her subcommittee assignments on theHouse Energy and Commerce Committee and Natural Resources Committee:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce and co-chair of the CongressionalPro-Choice Caucus, today offered the following statement on PresidentObama's Executive Order repealing the Global Gag Rule, which prohibitsorganizations in other countries from receiving U.S. family planningassistance if they provide abortion information or services.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the followingstatement regarding her support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP) Reform and Accountability Act passed overwhelmingly by the Houseyesterday:

WASHINGTON – Withtomorrow's 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette(D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional ProChoice Caucus, celebrate this historic Supreme Court case by advancingan agenda to reduce the need for abortion through a comprehensiveapproach. U.S. Reps. DeGette and Slaughter recently introduced the Prevention First agenda – a comprehensive, bi-partisan approach to reducing unintended pregnancies.