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April 15, 2020

Late last month, Congress passed a critical economic relief package to support the millions of American families now struggling to make ends meet because of the coronavirus. The bill authorized direct cash payments to most American workers to help them get by while much of our economy is shut down. This extra money will help those that have had hours slashed or income lost as result of this crisis.

Reopening the economy requires testing, and the U.S. still isn’t close

April 14, 2020

In The News

On Capitol Hill, members of Congress are also stepping up demands for the Trump administration to act more forcefully to resolve the testing problem. “Testing has been one of the weak links by the administration since Day One,” said Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), chair of the Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. The initial coronavirus tests developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February were defective, leading to weeks of delay in rolling out testing.

Los Angeles Times

Six weeks after the president and other senior officials promised that any American would soon be able to get a test for coronavirus, testing continues to lag, prompting an escalating call from leading medical centers, lawmakers and others for the administration to put in place a coordinated national strategy.

DeGette: Lift Trump Ban on Fetal Tissue Research to Find COVID-19 Cure

April 13, 2020

In The News

Lawmakers are searching for every possible avenue to combat the coronavirus pandemic, and some House Democrats, including Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), are demanding the Trump administration lift restrictions on the use of human fetal tissue, mostly resulting from abortions, to help researchers develop medicines for COVID-19.

Colorado Times Recorder

Welcoming spring

April 10, 2020

Last fall, on a rare free weekend afternoon, I decided to plant some bulbs in my back yard. Now, as I see the parade of crocuses and daffodils from my kitchen window, I realize how prescient that decision was. Every day, the blooms signal the inevitable coming of spring and better days ahead.

Trump ‘Playing Politics’ With Lives As FEMA Grabs Ventilators, Lawmaker Charges

April 10, 2020

In The News

President Donald Trump is “playing politics” with lives with his manipulation of Colorado’s ventilator request to help embattled GOP Sen. Cory Gardner’s reelection, a Democratic lawmaker charges.

Huffington Post

President Donald Trump is "playing politics" with lives with his manipulation of Colorado's ventilator request to help embattled GOP Sen. Cory Gardner's reelection, a Democratic lawmaker charges.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency hijacked 500 ventilators ordered by the state for COVID-19 patients, but Trump restored 100 as a special favor to Gardner in a move that will help the vulnerable lawmaker's reelection, complained Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.).

DeGette calls for national coronavirus testing strategy, including rapid deployment of antibody tests

April 10, 2020

Press Release

DENVER, CO – As social distancing continues to mitigate the spread of coronavirus around the country, Americans are eager to know when life will return to normal. But U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) warns that the nation’s public and economic health could remain at risk without a national coronavirus testing strategy, including the rapid deployment of antibody tests.

DeGette, others file Supreme Court brief in support of ACA’s birth control coverage mandate

April 9, 2020

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 149 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Judy Chu (D-CA), along with 37 members of the U.S. Senate, are urging the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s birth control coverage mandate.

Rep. DeGette on President Trump’s ventilator distribution mismanagement

April 8, 2020

Press Release

DENVER, CO – Following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) on the president’s decision today to send 100 ventilators to Colorado at the request of Senator Gardner, just days after the administration blocked a shipment of 500 ventilators to the state:

As patients face shortages, DeGette urges FDA to address hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine hoarding

April 8, 2020

Press Release

DENVER, CO – Tens of thousands of Americans rely on hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and malaria. But as President Trump continues to flaunt these medications as a miracle cure to the novel coronavirus – despite insufficient clinical trials – patients who need these drugs for FDA-approved uses are facing shortages.

Colorado Democrat believes Trump awarded ventilators as political favor to vulnerable GOP senator

April 8, 2020

In The News

Rep. Diana DeGette, a veteran Democrat, said that President Donald Trump's announcement that he would send 100 ventilators to Colorado smacks of a political favor to vulnerable GOP Sen. Cory Gardner after the federal government had not fulfilled the delegation's request for the devices.

CNN

"I think this thing that happened with Sen. Gardner and President Trump is very disturbing," the Colorado Democrat told CNN Wednesday evening. "What is the process here?"

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