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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:
"The recent turmoil in the financial markets further illustrates thefailure of the Republican's economic policies. Americans across thenation – and throughout Colorado – are feeling the strain of risinghealth care costs, record energy and gas prices, and the fallout fromthe mortgage crisis.
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:
"Embryonic stem cell research holds much promise to unlocking the curesfor many diseases. I could not agree more with the recent findings ofthe Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee that the useof embryonic stem cells is still necessary.
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:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of theCommittee on Energy and Commerce, today reacted to the ongoingsalmonella outbreak and the continued lack of identification of thesource of the contamination. The outbreak in salmonella first indicatedtomatoes were the source, but now the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) indicates that peppers are also likely.
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.
WASHINGTON – With the recent outbreaks of salmonellaand E. coli, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. RepresentativeDiana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy andCommerce, today sent a letterto both the Senate and House Leadership and Agricultural CommitteeLeadership requesting the expedited consideration of legislation givingthe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food andDrug Administration (FDA) mandatory recall authority.
Brown and DeGette write:
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.
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:
"President Bush's plan is flawed and misguided. It will neither reducegas prices nor increase energy independence – two things our countryand the American consumer desperately need.
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: