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DeGette leads 108 Members of Congress in urging FDA to ease restrictions on medication abortion

June 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the Trump administration has encouraged the use of telemedicine across the health care industry during the pandemic, it has refused to relax rules around medication abortion, a move that experts warn may put both patients and providers at greater risk of contracting the coronavirus.

Seeking justice in policing

June 12, 2020

As your representative, I am also doing everything I can to ensure that the passion and urgency being expressed on our streets is felt in the halls of Congress. This week, I joined a group of colleagues – led by the Congressional Black Caucus – to introduce sweeping legislation to end police brutality and hold law enforcement officials accountable.

DeGette joins Congressional Democrats to introduce sweeping bill to end police brutality, increase accountability

June 8, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After millions of Americans took to the streets in recent weeks to demand racial justice, a group of Congressional Democrats today introduced sweeping legislation to end police brutality and hold law enforcement officials accountable.

The road to justice

June 5, 2020

As we continue to seek justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless other Black Americans who have been killed at the hands of law enforcement officials, I wanted to provide an update on the key legislative action items that my colleagues and I are working to pass in Congress.

DeGette cosponsors proposal for racial reconciliation commission

June 5, 2020

In The News

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is among the cosponsors of a congressional resolution to form a racial reconciliation commission, prompted by a week of protests over the killing of black Americans by police.

Colorado Politics

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is among the cosponsors of a congressional resolution to form a racial reconciliation commission, prompted by a week of protests over the killing of black Americans by police.

E&C Leaders Want Better Data Modeling

June 5, 2020

In The News

"[T]he better the infectious disease modeling, the better we can target our response to public health threats," Committee Chair Frank Pallone, ranking member Greg Walden, and oversight subcommittee chair and ranking member Diana DeGette and Brett Guthrie said this week following a GAO report concluding that federal agencies could do a better job on their modeling efforts.

Politico

E&C LEADERS WANT BETTER DATA MODELING — "[T]he better the infectious disease modeling, the better we can target our response to public health threats," Committee Chair Frank Pallone, ranking member Greg Walden, and oversight subcommittee chair and ranking member Diana DeGette and Brett Guthrie said this week following a GAO report concluding that federal agencies could do a better job on th

DeGette, colleagues aim to create first-ever U.S. commission to study legacy of slavery, racism and discrimination

June 4, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) joined Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and other lawmakers to introduce legislation establishing a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

Polis And Other Governors Ask For More Clarity And Strategy With Coronavirus Testing Moving Forward

June 2, 2020

In The News

DeGette noted that governors and states are on the front lines when it comes to dealing with the pandemic, and focused the hearing on how states have coped, as well as on the issue of testing.

Colorado Public Radio

It was a little bit of a virtual homecoming Tuesday morning for Jared Polis, who served in the House until being elected Colorado's governor two years ago.

House oversight panel to hear from governors on front lines of coronavirus response

June 1, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation continues to ramp up coronavirus testing and contact tracing, a key Congressional oversight panel tomorrow will hear directly from state governors on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus about what’s working, and what’s not.

Black lives matter

May 29, 2020

Enough is enough. We cannot allow such senseless violence against communities of color at the hands of law enforcement to continue. George Floyd should be alive right now. And it's on all of us to confront the systems of inequity that led to his death.

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