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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.

December 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The co-chairs of the congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas's six-week abortion ban to remain in effect:

December 1, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter today to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and all of the National Governing Bodies to remind them of their obligation to comply with federal laws that require them to report allegations of sexual abuse to the proper authorities within 24 hours.

December 1, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following statement today urging the Supreme Court to strike down Mississippi's abortion ban and uphold nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent to protect Americans' constitutional right to abortion care:

November 19, 2021

Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) introduced the Cures 2.0 Act (H.R. 6000) on Nov. 15, a bill aimed at accelerating medical research and patient access to novel therapeutics.