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February 8, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have joined forces to advance two critical health care bills aimed at revolutionizing America's biomedical research capabilities and creating a new advanced research agency for health modeled after the Department of Defense's highly successful DARPA program.

February 4, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House voted today to approve a major piece of legislation – known as the America COMPETES Act – which seeks to strengthen U.S. global competitiveness by improving the nation’s supply chains and increasing its ability to make more critical products in America.
February 2, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) issue a joint statement on President Biden’s call on Congress to create a new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, to end cancer as we know it.
January 26, 2022

DENVER, CO U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Joe Neguse (D-CO) joined U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Tom Carper (D-DE) and more than 180 other congressional Democrats in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

January 21, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today released the following statement marking the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision:

January 19, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. EST, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations panel will hold a hearing to examine the energy and environmental impacts of mining cryptocurrencies.

January 13, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to send the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to the Senate for urgent consideration:

January 10, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter's (D-CO) announcement today that he will retire at the end of his term:

January 6, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement today on the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol building:

"January 6th was one of the darkest days in our nation's history. And for those of us who were in the Capitol that day, it's a day we will never forget.

December 13, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – All six Democratic members of Colorado's congressional delegation today sent a letter – led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to institute strict new safety measures at chemical plants across the country to better protect the health and safety of nearby residents.