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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the following statement on the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry hearing today:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New data released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that this year's flu season is off to the fastest start in more than a decade, and lawmakers in Washington want to know exactly what the nation's top health officials are doing to respond to the rapidly spreading illness.
Letter comes as Trump admin moves to undo key Obama-era rule limiting methane emissions from U.S. drilling sites
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 70 members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to keep in place a key Obama-era rule that is working to keep a highly-potent pollutant, known to fuel the ongoing climate crisis, out of our atmosphere.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) today released their initial vision for their landmark Cures 2.0 legislation and are now calling on experts and stakeholders to submit their ideas and feedback on the plan.
DeGette's legislation to protect more than 600,000 acres of wilderness across state now heads to full House
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee today approved the largest land-protection package for Colorado in the past 25 years.
The legislation – introduced by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – would designate more than 600,000 acres in 32 areas across Colorado as federally-protected wilderness, giving those areas the highest level of land protection available. It was approved by a vote of 21 – 13.
The 2016 rule is seen as vital to combating the climate crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation today that will, among other things, block the Trump administration's effort to rollback a key Obama-era rule that requires oil and gas producers across the country to take steps to curb the release of methane gas from their drilling sites.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan effort, led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), to begin the process of reforming the U.S. Olympic Committee in the wake of several high-profile sexual-abuse scandals that have raised doubts about the USOC's ability to properly care for our nation's athletes, gained traction in Congress today when a key U.S. Senate committee voted to advance legislation that seeks to create an independent, blue-ribbon commission to study and reform the nation's top sports governing body.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) on her vote today to move forward with a formal impeachment inquiry against the president of the United States:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released today a detailed summary of legislation she plans to introduce in the coming weeks to create the nation's first federal clean-energy standard designed to cut carbon emissions from the country's electricity-producing utilities in half by 2030 and to net-zero by 2050.