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

April 13, 2020

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.

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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?"

DeGette: Trump Pimping Unproven COVID-19 Drugs Hurts Local Patients

April 8, 2020

In The News

She's written a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn over concerns that the medication will be hoarded by COVID-19 patients, making it difficult to obtain for individuals who need it to treat conditions for which it's been approved: lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and malaria.

Westword

During recent appearances, President Donald Trump has energetically hyped hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as potential miracle cures for COVID-19, even though they haven't been approved for this purpose by U.S. agencies and the only evidence that they may have a positive effect is purely anecdotal. His argument can basically be summarized like so: The drugs have proven safe in other contexts, and if they don't do anything to knock down the novel coronavirus, no harm/no foul.

Diana DeGette Urges FDA To Warn Doctors About Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine For Coronavirus

April 8, 2020

In The News

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette wants the FDA to look into the hoarding of drugs used to treat coronavirus. She said the prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine can take away the drugs from those who really need them.

CBS Denver

Hydroxychloroquine has been touted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19 patients. There is a dispute among medical professionals about the effectiveness of the drug for coronavirus.

Using it for coronavirus has also resulted in a huge demand and shortage.

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