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Democrats take a go-slow approach on abortion law
Tuesday February 10, 2009
By: James Oliphant
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following statementafter Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced details of a newcomprehensive energy plan for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),including repealing the Bush Administration's midnight timetable forits five-year offshore drilling plan:
Boom in gas drilling fuels contamination concerns in Colorado Monday February 09, 2009
By: Josh McDaniel
Stem Cell Advocates Encouraged by Obama Statement
Monday February 09, 2009
By: Rob Stein
Supporters of expanded federal funding for stem research say they are encouraged by comments President Obama made this week about the controversial subject.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the following commentsregarding reports that Colorado State health officials areinvestigating an outbreak of a serious strain of E. coli that may belinked to last month's National Western Stock Show.
Health care for kids expandedThursday February 05, 2009
By: The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesdaysigned a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsuredchildren, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaignpledge to provide insurance for all Americans.
Click here to watch Congresswoman DeGette deliver her floor statement on the children's health program.
Peanut Bummer Monday February 02, 2009
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.