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June 4, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four former heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be testifying before Congress next week as a part of a key House oversight panel's investigation into the Trump administration's management of the agency.

May 26, 2019

When Suncor Energy's oil refinery north of Denver — which emits more than 800,000 tons of air pollution a year — broke a 12.8-ton limit for one invisible toxic gas last summer, the event went practically unnoticed.

May 24, 2019
There’s been a lot of talk this week about what Congress should do in response to the Trump administration’s ongoing attempts to stonewall our investigations.
May 24, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, issued the following statement today in response to the Trump administration's new proposed rule that would allow health insurers and providers to discriminate against patients who have previously had an abortion:

May 23, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, joined with several of her Congressional colleagues today to introduce legislation to prohibit states from enacting laws that restrict access to abortion care.

May 21, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she believes it's time for Congress to officially launch an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

May 21, 2019

WASHINGTON — Colorado representatives are among U.S. House lawmakers pushing for an inquiry into impeaching President Donald Trump as congressional Democrats grow increasingly frustrated by his refusal to comply with their oversight demands.

May 21, 2019

The chair of a House panel is crying foul over the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) failure to provide an expert to testify on the effects of toxic mercury air pollution.

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Co.), the leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel that oversees the EPA, said the denial left the committee with "serious questions."

May 20, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to send a witness Tuesday to testify before a key House oversight panel that's investigating the agency's efforts to undo one of the Obama administration's most successful anti-pollution rules.

May 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 236 – 173, passed landmark legislation today to end discrimination against LGBTQ Americans.