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May 2, 2019

Four congressional Democrats from Colorado sent a letter to the heads of the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, imploring the officials to end a policy preventing immigrants who work in the marijuana industry from gaining U.S. citizenship.

May 2, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to newly-issued Department of Justice guidelines, U.S. Reps.

May 2, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation today to permanently protect nearly 60 million acres of undeveloped national forest in 39 states.

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
May 1, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the following statement after Attorney General William Barr's testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

April 30, 2019

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.

April 25, 2019

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.

April 23, 2019

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

April 21, 2019

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.

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.