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September 23, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As young people around the country take to the streets to demand that Congress act now to solve the climate crisis, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee will meet Tuesday to consider legislation introduced by U.S. Rep.

September 20, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A senior Department of Health and Human Services official testified before Congress Thursday that he started sounding alarms that the Trump administration's family-separation policy would "pose an unacceptable danger to the child" 14 months before it was put in place.

September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) – is calling on the governors of 16 states to explain how their state has used billions of dollars in federal funding to combat the nation's opioid epidemic – and whether that funding is making a difference in some of the hardest-hit areas.

September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Rep. Peter King (R-NY) today announced the formation of a new congressional caucus aimed at curbing the nation's teen-vaping epidemic.

September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations panel, announced today that it will hold a hearing next week on the administration's treatment of thousands of migrant children in U.S. custody.

September 10, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, U.S. Rep.

September 10, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to reinstate a nationwide ban on high-capacity gun magazines.

August 16, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A key House committee announced today that it will be returning early from the scheduled recess to take up a series of gun-safety-related bills in response to the deadly shootings that recently took place in Texas, California and Ohio.

August 7, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of U.S. lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to immediately call the Senate back into session to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R.

August 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the aftermath of three devastating mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are again calling on Congress to pass their bicameral legislation to ban high-capacity gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.