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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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), chair of the full committee, today launched an investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse of migrant children by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following joint statement today on the four-year anniversary of the U.S. House of Representatives passing their 21st Century Cures Act:
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 her subcommittee will hold a hearing next week on the Trump administration's efforts to curb the increasing threat posed by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, which have been linked to more than half of the nation's opioid-related deaths.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A landmark piece of legislation to permanently protect more than 740,000 acres of Colorado wilderness is set to get its first major Congressional hearing this week.