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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.
The House Judiciary Committee will meet on Sept. 4 to consider several pieces of legislation that seek to address the growing threat of gun violence in America.
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. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act, which both passed the House in February.
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.
DENVER, CO – Can you make an app for that? U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) wants to know.
DeGette, who represents Colorado's First Congressional district, announced today that she will be hosting the district's first-ever Congressional App Challenge for middle and high school students.
The Congressional App Challenge is a nationwide app-creation competition sponsored by the U.S. House of Representatives that was created to encourage more students to get involved in computer science and learn to code.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to better protect the nation's water supply, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced legislation Thursday to close a notorious loophole in the law that has prevented the federal government from regulating a highly controversial drilling process known as "fracking."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Deb Haaland (D-NM) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced bipartisan legislation today to make it easier and less expensive for professional outfitters and guides to obtain the permits they need to lead adventure-seeking clients on trips through Colorado's federally-managed public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 231 – 199, approved legislation today to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
It's the first time Congress has acted to increase the federal minimum wage in more than 10 years. The legislation approved today would increase the federal minimum wage gradually from its current rate of $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour by 2025. It would also establish a process, known as indexing, to tie the minimum wage to inflation and automatically adjust it each year starting in 2026.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a comment from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) on her vote not to table, or kill, a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), today called for a new "national strategy" to combat a rising number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S. involving fentanyl, a highly-potent synthetic opioid that's been linked to more than half of the nation's drug overdose deaths in recent years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A half-dozen senior Trump administration officials will testify before a key House oversight panel Tuesday as it investigates the administration's efforts to curb the flow of a deadly synthetic opioid, known as fentanyl, into the United States.
The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. that have been linked to the synthetic opioid have risen sharply in recent years. That, despite Congress giving the administration new tools to intercept more of the illicit drug before it enters the U.S.