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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved legislation to begin the process of reforming the U.S. Olympic Committee in the wake of several high-profile sexual-abuse scandals that have raised doubts about the USOC's ability to properly care for our nation's top athletes.
The bill includes legislation DeGette introduced in the House last June to create an independent, blue-ribbon commission to study and reform the nation's top sports governing body.
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette lead a committee hearing into how American companies are doing when it comes to developing a vaccine for coronavirus. The Democrat who represents Denver chaired the House committee with executives from five committees Tuesday morning.
She started the hearing a hopeful note.
"It is possible that a COVID-19 vaccine may become available by the end of this year or early next year," DeGette said. "That's a rare bit of good news in this harrowing time."
Two Democratic members of Congress from Colorado were able to get their long-sought wilderness wishes into the $740 billion defense spending bill that passed the House Tuesday.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette's bill to protect nearly 1.4 million acres of wilderness in Colorado, California and Washington passed the House Tuesday afternoon as part of a National Defense Authorization Act.
The bill passed 295-125, a veto-proof majority, which matters since the president has threatened to veto the bill that calls for renaming military bases named after Confederate generals.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette has introduced a detailed bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power generation sector to zero by the year 2050 through the use of a credit purchasing system.
"The science is clear, the only way to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis is to take steps now to cut our carbon emissions," said DeGette. "At the same time, we need to ensure the steps we take to do that also continue to provide Americans with the affordable, reliable electricity they need."