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April 6, 2020
DENVER, CO – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today urging him to immediately lift restrictions on human fetal tissue research, which are preventing scientists from advancing important studies to potentially prevent, treat and cure the novel coronavirus.
April 6, 2020
More than a dozen House Democrats on Monday called on the Trump administration to lift restrictions on research that uses human fetal tissue to allow for studies on potential treatment for COVID-19.
April 3, 2020
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today on his agency’s failure to fully utilize all available sources of existing ventilators across the various federal stockpiles.
April 3, 2020
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations panel – which oversees the agencies responsible for responding to the spread of the coronavirus – blasted the Trump administration today for changes to the Strategic National Stockpile website.
April 1, 2020
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette gave a glimpse into the next potential piece of federal coronavirus legislation on Tuesday night, saying that it might contain continuing financial aid to individuals, and vowed that a congressional investigation of the federal government's response would take place after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 27, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a critical economic relief package to help workers and small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
March 27, 2020
Today, the House passed a critical economic relief package to bring immediate relief to the millions of American families now struggling to make ends meet. Most importantly, this legislation puts workers and their families first.
March 27, 2020
President Donald Trump signed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act – the federal government's coronavirus economic relief package – on Friday afternoon after the House passed the bill by a voice vote earlier in the day.
March 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) joined Andy Levin (D-MI) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing legislation today calling on President Trump to make urgent use of his authority under the Defense Production Act to increase production of the equipment and supplies needed to respond to the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
March 20, 2020
I wanted to give you a quick update on what Congress is working on to help protect the American people during this unprecedented crisis.