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April 7, 2008

Advocates for Health and Food Safety with Millions of Consumer Members Back DeGette's Approach

April 2, 2008

DeGette Raises Concerns over Tobacco Age, Gets StudyWritten in Bill to Better Inform Congress of Public Health Implicationsof Legal Age

March 25, 2008

WASHINGTON – With health insurance premiums and health care costs onthe rise, Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO)today released the following statement regarding a new report by Families USA highlighting the importance of health care:

March 24, 2008

WASHINGTON – Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (D-CO) today offered thefollowing statement in response to news that the number of U.S.casualties in Iraq has reached 4,000:

March 19, 2008

DeGette Continues to Oppose Iraq War As We Mark its Fifth Year


WASHINGTON – With today marking the fifth year of thewar in Iraq, Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (D-CO) offered thefollowing statement:

March 13, 2008

WASHINGTON – Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (D-CO) today released thefollowing statement regarding the Department of Interior's Roan Plateaudecision:

March 12, 2008

WASHINGTON – As questions remain about the safety ofour food supply, Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chair Diana DeGette(D-CO) submitted the following opening statement into the record attoday's Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommitteehearing entitled, ""Regulatory Failure: Must America Live with UnsafeFood?"

March 12, 2008

WASHINGTON – Energy and Commerce Committee ViceChair Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement todaycriticizing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing toadequately lower the nations ozone air quality standard to protect human health and the environme

March 7, 2008

DeGette Comments on Jobs Report Showing Another Month of Decline


DENVER - Chief Deputy Whip Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the followingstatement today on the disturbing jobs report from the US LaborDepartment, which showed that the US economy lost 63,000 jobs inFebruary, the largest monthly job decline in nearly five years.

March 4, 2008

WASHINGTON — Energy and Commerce Committee ViceChair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today commented on a report released by theHouse Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the impact of theBush Administration's proposed Medicaid Regulations.