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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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, today introduced new bipartisan legislation to cut the price of most insulin products by more than 75%.

The legislation – known as the Insulin Price Reduction Act – would give the nation's three makers of insulin an incentive to lower the current list price of their insulin products, which is approximately $300 a vial, to the price it was listed at in 2006, which was, on average, approximately $68 a vial.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration's top health official in charge of overseeing the Affordable Care Act, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, refused today to tell a key House oversight panel exactly how many Americans will likely lose their health insurance if Republicans are successful in their attempt to repeal the nation's health care law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seema Verma, the Trump administration's top official charged with overseeing the Affordable Care Act, is expected to face a grilling from lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday when she appears to testify before a key House oversight panel that's investigating the administration's ongoing efforts to sabotage the 2010 health care law.