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DeGette and McCarthy: Trump wants to gut NEPA and take away your voice when the feds threaten the environment

February 10, 2020

Despite the widespread support this important environmental law has received over the years, the Trump administration announced recently that it wants to gut core protections this law provides. And it has proposed a new rule that could effectively take climate change considerations off the table.

The Denver Post

Given the divisiveness of our politics these days, it may seem hard to believe that protecting our environment hasn't always been such a highly partisan issue.

We need to protect our kids

February 8, 2020

With the number of teens vaping across the country continuing to rise, no state has a higher percentage than right here in Colorado. On Monday, I met with a group of students at South High School in Denver to discuss this vaping epidemic and they told me the problem is actually much worse than recent government studies show.

"The industry caused this mess": DeGette grills e-cigarette CEOs

February 5, 2020

In The News

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Wednesday slammed the chiefs of five e-cigarette companies over their role in enabling an estimated 5 million youths — 28% of all high school students — to vape in the past year.

Colorado Politics

Teen Vaping: Rep. Diana DeGette Asks Denver Students Why They Started Using E-Cigarettes

February 4, 2020

In The News

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) met with a group of Denver high school students for a discussion about vaping. Degette talked with more than a half-dozen students at South High School about their experiences using various vaping products, what drew them to try the product in the first place, and why they believe it’s become so popular among students in Colorado and around the country.

CBS Denver

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) met with a group of Denver high school students for a discussion about vaping. Degette talked with more than a half-dozen students at South High School about their experiences using various vaping products, what drew them to try the product in the first place, and why they believe it's become so popular among students in Colorado and around the country.

DeGette hears from teens on vaping ahead of House hearing

February 3, 2020

In The News

On Monday morning, DeGette held a forum at South High School in Denver with six students about teen vaping. The discussion came two days before DeGette will chair a congressional hearing to question the heads of the five e-cigarette companies that control 97% of the vape market: JUUL, NJOY, Fontem, Logic and Reynolds American.

Colorado Politics

It did not take long for U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette to hear in her meeting with high school students that the problem of teen vaping is likely worse than reported.

"Nationally, about 28% of high school students are using e-cigarettes or other vaping products," she said. "That's one in four students."

The American people deserve better

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.

U.S. health officials brief lawmakers on spread of coronavirus

January 30, 2020

Press Release

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.

Lawmakers call on administration to ban flavored vaping products

January 23, 2020

Press Release

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.

Lawmakers prepare to grill e-cigarette makers over role in teen-vaping epidemic

January 22, 2020

Press Release

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.

Latest on impeachment

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.

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