Newsroom
Latest News
Responding to the dire challenges faced by local news, U.S. representatives are launching bills to protect local news outlets and "to recognize the vital role that local journalists play in promoting good governance and accountability."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Bill Johnson (R-OH) introduced the Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians (HELLPP) Act, yesterday. The bipartisan legislation will improve patient access to podiatrists in Medicaid and improve care for patients with diabetes who need therapeutic shoes via Medicare.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – "The system is broken," U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), chair of the House oversight panel that's currently investigating the rising cost of insulin, told a panel of drug makers and pharmacy executives who were summoned to appear before Congress today to explain why the cost of the life-saving drug has continued to rise in recent years.
Members of Congress from both parties expressed immense frustration on Wednesday at big increases in insulin prices and vowed to work together on legislation to prevent more people from dying because they could not afford the lifesaving medicine.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette threatened pharmaceutical company executives with government intervention Wednesday during a congressional hearing into the rising price of insulin.
"I think we can all agree that the system is broken," DeGette, D-Denver, said about the method the companies use to set their insulin prices.
"We believe it is necessary to the goal of collecting actual emissions data and working with real numbers, rather than models or estimates." Brian Cain, Extraction Oil and Gas spokesman
Colorado public health officials routinely allow oil and gas companies to begin drilling and fracking without obtaining federally required permits that limit the amount of pollution they can discharge into the air.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced legislation today to overhaul the U.S. military's policy on providing servicemembers and their families with family-planning counseling services and coverage for contraceptives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced a resolution today to recognize the vital role that local journalists play in promoting good governance and accountability.