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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel, announced Wednesday that her subcommittee will be holding a hearing next week to investigate the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to undermine the nation's Title X family planning program.
The announcement comes as the Trump administration moves forward with a new rule it finalized earlier this year to block tens of millions of dollars in family planning funds from going to abortion providers across the country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigation panel, is demanding answers from the Trump administration on its efforts to curb the illicit flow of fentanyl into the United States.
The request, signed by a half dozen members of Congress and sent to a half dozen agency heads, comes as the Energy and Commerce committee continues to investigate the increasing threat posed by the deadly synthetic opioid.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of U.S. lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), are calling on the U.S. Department of State to reverse its decision to ban U.S. embassies from flying the rainbow LGBT flag during pride month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today called for an end to the federal government's use of private prisons to house undocumented migrants.
DeGette, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - which is leading the investigation into the Trump administration's family-separation policy - made the comments during an interview on MSNBC earlier today.
"The bottom line is this," DeGette said, "We shouldn't have private prisons housing these migrants. We should shut these down."
The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says rotting food, moldy and dilapidated bathrooms and agency practices at immigration detention facilities may violate detainees' rights.
The Office of Inspector General made unannounced visits to four facilities in California, Louisiana, Colorado and New Jersey between May and November of last year, according to a report published Thursday. The facilities together house about 5,000 detainees.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives, by a vote of 237 – 187, approved legislation today to provide permanent legal protection and a path to U.S. citizenship to up to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants who have spent much of their lives in the U.S., including 9,600 in Colorado's First Congressional District.
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.
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.
Neither Suncor nor state health officials alerted nearby residents or county emergency managers about the July test that estimated hydrogen-cyanide emissions at a level of 14.1 tons a year.