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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.
WASHINGTON – As the nation's food safety system is rocked by anoutbreak of salmonella in tomatoes, Energy and Commerce Committee ViceChair Diana DeGette (D-CO) pressed for comprehensive reform of our foodsafety system by granting the government mandatory recall authoritysupported by a traceability system during the Energy and CommerceSubcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled,"American Lives Still at Risk: When Will FDA's Food Protection Plan BeFully Funded and Implemented?" DeGette's m
DENVER– U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today announced the departure of her long serving District Director, Gregory Diamond.
WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette(D-CO) today entered the following statement – as prepared for delivery– into the record at today's Energy and Commerce Subcommittee onCommerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing entitled, "Safety ofPhthalates and Bisphenol-A in Everyday Consumer Products." DeGette isa member of the Conference Committee reconciling the House and Senateconsumer product safety bills.
Below is Congresswoman DeGette's opening statement as prepared for delivery: