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Lawmakers call for investigation of political interference at CDC

September 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, and others sent a letter today calling for a formal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General investigation into allegations that the White House and its appointees have interfered with the work of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic for political purposes.

House approves sweeping clean-energy bill

September 24, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 220 – 185, voted today to approve a sweeping new clean-energy bill that seeks to combat the climate crisis by driving the innovation and use of new clean-energy technologies across the country and thereby lowering the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Key House oversight panel to hear from experts on how vaccines should be evaluated for safety

September 23, 2020

Press Release

A key House oversight panel, led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), announced today that it will hold a hearing next week to hear directly from some of the nation’s leading scientists and public health experts about the criteria that makers of a COVID-19 vaccine should be required to meet before any potential cure is approved for distribution here in the U.S.

House passes short-term spending bill to avert government shutdown

September 22, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to approve a short-term spending bill that will fund the federal government through December 11 and avert a government shutdown at the end of the month.

Pro-Choice Caucus leaders vow to continue Ginsburg’s legacy of fighting for women

September 19, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), the co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement today as the group vows to carry on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy of fighting for women’s rights:

Rep. Diana DeGette statement on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 18, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

New reports bring into question Azar’s role in implementing Trump administration’s infamous family-separation policy

September 17, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Newly published press reports have brought into question statements Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar made under oath in March 2019 when he told lawmakers he had no knowledge of the Trump administration’s plan to separate immigrant children from their families at the border before the policy was announced.

DeGette calls for investigation of alleged hysterectomies on immigrants

September 17, 2020

In The News

After a whistleblower complaint made public this week about alleged nonconsensual medical operations performed on detained immigrant women, Denver Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is calling for the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general to investigate.

The Gazette

"If true, the severe medical neglect that allegedly took place at this ICE facility is unconscionable and constitutes a blatant disregard for human life," said DeGette, along with U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., in a statement.

U.S. lawmakers urge drug makers to take steps to increase public confidence in safety of COVID-19 vaccine

September 15, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three prominent U.S. lawmakers are calling on the heads of the nine pharmaceutical companies working to develop a coronavirus vaccine to provide more information about their research and development efforts and explain how they intend to ensure that only a safe and effective product is made available to the public.

Lawmakers demand answers after reports find Trump appointees tried to muzzle nation’s top scientists on spread of virus

September 14, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) – two of the top Democrats in the House currently charged with overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus – are calling today on the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary Alex Azar, to explain the circumstances surrounding a series of alarming new reports that Trump administration political appointees have been actively trying to muzzle public health officials and interfere with scientific reports regarding the spread of the virus.

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