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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:
DENVER – U.S. Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO)announced today, along with the Regional Transportation District (RTD)and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), $36 million infederal funds have been awarded by Federal Highway Administration tojump start Denver's Union Station's (DUS) into a regional intermodaltransportation hub as envisioned by Denver Metropolitan voters.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Todd Platts (R-PA)today introduced companion pieces of legislation in the U.S. Senate andU.S. House that provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage for tobaccocessation treatments for senior citizens, people with disabilities andlow-income adults.
WASHINGTON – Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (D-CO) today opposed H.R.6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which passed on a vote of 293 to129. Below is Congresswoman DeGette's statement:
WASHINGTON – During last week's Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on food safety, the Bush Administration's "food safety czar" Dr. David W.K. Acheson, MD, Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection, testified that he supported the idea of traceability. Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) has proposed developing a food product traceability system, H.R. 3485.