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January 31, 2020
The U.S. Senate voted yesterday not to allow any witnesses to be called during the president’s impeachment trial. It will be the first time ever that the Senate has completed an impeachment trial without calling any witnesses.
January 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Top U.S. health officials held a closed-door briefing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill today to discuss the spread of coronavirus.
January 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 50 members of Congress – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) – today called on the Trump administration to issue new rules banning the sale of flavored nicotine products that experts say have led to the nation’s teen-vaping epidemic.
January 22, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the number of teens vaping across the country continues to rise, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are preparing to grill some of the nation’s top e-cigarette manufactures on their role in the crisis.
January 17, 2020
This week, the House formally submitted two articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate for trial – one for abusing the power of his office, when he withheld vital military funding from Ukraine to try to help his own re-election campaign, and another for obstruction of Congress, when he refused to cooperate with our investigation and, instead, tried to cover it up.
January 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a comment from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who presided over the House for today's debate, on the chamber's vote to appoint impeachment managers and formally submit two articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate for trial:
January 14, 2020
DeGette, others call on feds to take steps to combat 'growing threat'
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers – led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – are raising concerns today about the increasing use of stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, among Americans in recent years.
January 13, 2020
Federal lawmakers want to know ‘what's working and what's not' as they search for ways to stem nationwide crisis
January 9, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Francis Rooney (R-FL) are calling on their colleagues in the House to oppose the Trump administration’s latest attempt to gut one of the nation’s most effective environmental protection laws.
January 8, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of federal lawmakers today unveiled the framework of an ambitious new plan to help combat the global climate crisis by cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050.