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September 15, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair ofthe Committee on Energy and Commerce, today offered the followingcomments on the troubling news in the financial markets:

September 8, 2008

WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette(D-CO), chief architect of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act,today offered the following comments on the recent findings thatembryonic stem cells are still necessary by a U.S. National Academy ofSciences panel:

August 9, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair of the Committee onEnergy and Commerce, today offered the following comments with the newsthat another outbreak of E. Coli in beef has occurred:

July 16, 2008

DeGette Advances Resolution for East High School in Denver

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today announced that theHouse of Representatives passed a resolution congratulating East HighSchool in Denver for winning the 2008 "We the People" National CivicsCompetition for the second year in a row.

July 16, 2008

WASHINGTON – With the recent outbreaks of salmonellaand E. coli, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S.

July 15, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today made the following statement insupport of overriding President Bush's veto of H.R. 6331, the MedicareImprovements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. The Housesupported this measure on a vote of 383 to 41.

July 15, 2008
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), ViceChair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today offered thefollowing statement regarding a proposed regulation making federal aidconditional upon new reproductive health criteria proposed by the BushAdministration:

July 14, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today released the followingstatement on President Bush's announcement lifting the executive ban ondrilling in protected coastal areas:

July 11, 2008

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the HouseCommittee on Energy and Commerce, released the following statementregarding the lawsuit introduced today requesting an injunction on oiland gas leasing on Colorado's Roan Plateau: