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May 7, 2021

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, along with Mayor Hancock and advocates for the homeless, announced on Thursday they hope to utilize a $2 million funding request to purchase a motel to house 94 homeless people.

May 6, 2021
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced today their plan to secure an additional $2 million in federal funding to purchase the Stay Inn Hotel in downtown Denver and convert it into housing for those experiencing homelessness.
May 6, 2021

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette joined Mayor Michael Hancock on Thursday to announce plans to use federal money to buy the Stay Inn Hotel in northeast Denver and use its 95 rooms to house people experiencing homelessness.

May 6, 2021

The city hopes that a $2 million request for federal funds from Denver Congresswoman Diana DeGette will be approved so it can buy a 95-room hotel to use as a shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

May 6, 2021

The pandemic has added to the problem of homelessness in Denver, but new help could be on the way. Rep. Diane DeGette, a Democrat who represents Colorado's 1st Congressional District, has asked for $2 million in federal funds so the city can buy the Stay Inn hotel at Peoria Street and East 38th Avenue.

April 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress:
April 28, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Committee today approved legislation by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to reduce the amount of methane gas that's released on our public lands.

Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases on the planet and when it's released into our atmosphere it becomes a leading contributor to the ongoing climate crisis.

April 27, 2021

DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has invited John Woolley, a Denver resident and 23-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, to be her virtual guest for President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday.

April 22, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced bipartisan legislation today to make a key federal diabetes-prevention program more accessible to more Americans.

April 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial: