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Democrats in the U.S. House approved sweeping anti-discrimination legislation Friday that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The protections would extend to employment, housing, loan applications, education, public accommodations and other areas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced legislation today to make physical therapy more accessible for individuals living in rural or underserved areas of the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced legislation today to curb the large amounts of methane pollution and waste that are being released into the atmosphere each year by oil and gas producers across the country.
She's tilting at windmills as long as Republicans control the U.S. Senate and Donald Trump is in the White House, but U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is trying to undo some of the president's climate policies.
The Democrat from Denver introduced legislation Tuesday to reduce methane waste emissions from oil and gas operations.
Two of Colorado's Democratic members of Congress sought answers Thursday on how to make their state more resilient to wildfires.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY), the co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation today to continue funding a key federal diabetes research program for an additional five years, and increase its annual funding from $150 million to $200 million a year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – It's hard to get 378 members of Congress to agree on almost anything these days, but continuing to fund a special diabetes research program that's working to find a cure to the disease seems to be one of the few things that nearly every member of the U.S. House is willing to support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) introduced legislation today to change the way that the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, calculates the potential long-term cost savings of preventive health care, such as increased screenings or changes in people's behavior.