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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a once-in-a-generation spending bill that seeks to make health care, child care, housing and education more affordable for millions of hardworking families, and take on the global climate crisis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY), introduced a resolution today recognizing November as American Diabetes Month and the need for the United States to further invest in research and increase public awareness to prevent more Americans from developing Type 2 diabetes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) today introduced their highly anticipated, bipartisan Cures 2.0 legislation that some leading health care organizations are calling a potential "game changer" in how the U.S. conducts biomedical research going forward.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today, by a vote of 228 – 206, approved a historic $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to repair America's roads and bridges, improve its public transit systems and create millions of good-paying jobs across the country.
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), the chair of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, pressed Congress to fully fund a new public-private health agency to tackle some of the country’s most intractable diseases.
“It will be lean and mean,” DeGette said on Thursday of the proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), speaking at The Hill’s Diabetes Technology event.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to advance legislation – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) – to improve the nation's Strategic National Stockpile to ensure it's ready to respond to future public health emergencies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tomorrow, a key congressional oversight panel will hold a hearing to determine what needs to be done to revitalize the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), will hold a hybrid hearing that includes both in-person and remote attendance on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 10:30 a.m ET. This hearing will take place in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, as well as remotely using Cisco WebEx online video conferencing. The hearing is entitled, "Protecting Communities from Industrial Accidents: Revitalizing the Chemical Safety Board."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve a landmark piece of legislation that would give all Americans the federally-protected right to access abortion care, regardless of where they live.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) sent a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency to swiftly adopt stronger protective methane standards for the oil and gas sector.