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June 22, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement today in response to the president's decision to delay an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation targeting immigrant families in Denver and elsewhere:

"The president should be working with us to fix our nation's broken immigration system, not threatening to rip these vulnerable families apart. These are people, not pawns in some political game."

June 22, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, following reports last night that administration immigration authorities would target people for deportation in several cities across the U.S. this weekend, including in Denver, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Jason Crow (D-CO) released the following joint statement:

June 21, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a comment from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who represents the Denver area, on reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to conduct operations targeting immigrants in several areas of the country, including in her district:

June 21, 2019
Like so many other Americans, I love watching and cheering on our U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams as the compete against some of the very best athletes from around the world. There’s something magical about rooting for Team USA that seems to bring the entire country together.
June 20, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) that will require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to identify and clean up 100 communities across the nation that are disproportionally suffering from large amounts of pollution caused by nearby facilities.

June 20, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 51 U.S. lawmakers, led by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), filed an amicus brief today in support of a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to roll back a key Obama-era air-quality rule that limited the amount of methane that oil and gas producers can release into the atmosphere.

June 19, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary Diane Foley, the top Trump administration official in charge of the nation's Title X family-planning program, will testify Wednesday before a key Congressional panel that's investigating the administration's efforts to undermine the program.

June 18, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers, led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Susan W. Brooks (R-IN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Ben McAdams (D-UT), introduced legislation today to create an independent, blue-ribbon commission to begin the process of reforming the U.S. Olympic Committee.

June 17, 2019

DENVER, CO – The chair of the U.S. House subcommittee investigating the U.S. Olympic Committee's handling of sexual abuse cases in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal unveiled new legislation today to create an independent, blue-ribbon commission to begin the process of reforming the USOC.

June 14, 2019
Since President Trump took office, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is responsible for protecting our nation’s environment, has turned a blind eye to science and is actively dismantling the tools the agency has used for decades to protect our environment.