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Lawmaker demands answers on growing cost to clean up nuclear sites across the county

May 1, 2019

DOE says it will now cost U.S. taxpayers approximately $377 billion to clean up 16 remaining sites, $214 billion more than previous estimate; Government Accountability Office: Growing liability poses financial risk to taxpayers

US lawmakers push bipartisan bill to raise the federal minimum buying age for tobacco to 21

April 30, 2019

In The News

“Unlike other bills drafted by the industry, our bill has no special-interest carve-outs or limitations on state and local governments,” DeGette said in a statement. “Unlike other bills, our bill was drafted with one simple goal in mind and that’s to protect public health by keeping tobacco products out of the hands of young people.”

CNBC

U.S. lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21.

In Sanctuary for Over a Year, Araceli Velasquez Pushing to Reopen Asylum Case

April 25, 2019

In The News

In May 2018, Congresswoman Diana DeGette visited Velasquez in sanctuary. "They need to be together at their home," DeGette said while standing next to the Velasquez family during her visit.

Westword

Araceli Velasquez, who has lived in sanctuary at a space shared by two religious institutions in Denver since August 2017, is pushing for the Department of Justice to reopen her asylum case.

DeGette: The president’s actions constitute a prima facie case to merit an impeachment investigation

April 23, 2019

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement:

Colorado’s unannounced air-pollution inspections at oil and gas sites are showing results — yet emissions are up as production increases

April 21, 2019

In The News

Yet this exemption may not be legal under the Clean Air Act. U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, this month called for ending it, and the environmental organization WildEarth Guardians is preparing a lawsuit on behalf of residents. Colorado health officials have said they will review of the legality of the exemption.

The Denver Post

State health inspectors equipped with infrared cameras dropped in unannounced on about 2,000 oil and gas operations across Colorado last year and found leaks of heat-trapping methane and volatile organic gas at 13 percent of those sites — half the frequency of leaks they detected five years ago.

Ensuring the full release of the Mueller report

April 19, 2019

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which was released yesterday, paints a very different picture than what the president and attorney general had hoped the American people would see.

DeGette statement on release of Mueller report

April 18, 2019

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report:

DeGette, others demand answers after Trump administration defunds Planned Parenthood affiliates in five states

April 18, 2019

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A trio of senior U.S. lawmakers, including Rep.

DeGette: Congress mustn’t allow the fate of Colorado’s economy to rest in hands of AG

April 18, 2019

Press Release

DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) said today it's "unacceptable" that the future state of Colorado's economy lies in the hands of one person.

100 Days of the New Congress

April 12, 2019

It’s hard to believe that today marks 100 days since Democrats took back control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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