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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) on the House moving forward with a formal impeachment inquiry into the president of the United States:

"The president's own admission that he urged a foreign power to intervene in our election process constitutes an impeachable offense. We need to gather the evidence and complete this impeachment inquiry immediately given the threat this poses to our national security."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), announced today that Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Ned Sharpless and principal deputy director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Anne Schuchat, will be among those testifying when the subcommittee holds its hearing Wednesday, Sept. 25, on the recent surge of vaping-related illnesses across the country.

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. Diana DeGette (D-CO) that would help keep one the most powerful greenhouse gases – and a leading contributor to global warming – out of our atmosphere.

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.

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.

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.

The move comes as the Food and Drug Administration reported that the number of vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. has now grown to 530 cases and seven deaths across 38 states and one territory – a 40 percent increase from the week before.

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), announced today that it will hold a hearing Wednesday, September 25, as part of its ongoing investigation into the recent surge of vaping-related illnesses that has affected more than 450 people in more than 30 states across the country.