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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:
"The attorney general of the United States is the people's lawyer, responsible for enforcing the nation's laws evenly and equally, regardless of anyone's title or position. Attorney General Barr has shown over and over that he is either unwilling or unable to do that when it comes to evaluating the actions of the president and, for that reason alone, he should resign immediately."
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.
The odds of Congress raising the federal age limit this year are high with support from both parties in both houses of Congress. Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and Chris Stewart, R-Utah introduced legislation in the House while Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Todd Young, R-Ind., did so in the Senate.
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.
Last week, Velasquez filed a motion to reopen her case with the Board of Immigration Appeals. If the motion is granted, she would be able to at least temporarily leave the basement of the space shared by Park Hill United Methodist Church and Temple Micah, which is where she and her family have taken sanctuary from federal immigration law enforcement agents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement:
"The Mueller report details many instances in which President Trump actively attempted to interfere with the investigation into his campaign's potentially treasonous ties with Russia. The president's actions are clearly beneath the high personal, ethical and legal standards our founders envisioned in the executive branch, and, as such, constitute a prima facie case to trigger an impeachment investigation.
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.
Tougher anti-pollution enforcement, including inspections like these, has emerged as an option for Gov. Jared Polis and state lawmakers as they re-focus government oversight of the oil and gas industry — one of the contributors to Colorado's poor air quality.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement on the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report:
"The report released today paints a very different picture than what the president and attorney general had hoped the American people would see. And it's now more important than ever that Congress be granted access to the full unredacted report immediately."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A trio of senior U.S. lawmakers, including Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) who serves as chair of the Congressional Prochoice Caucus, sent a letter today to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar publicly accusing the Trump administration of putting its own "political ideology over the well-being of women and families across the nation."
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.
DeGette, who made the comments while meeting Tuesday with a group of local marijuana and marijuana-related businessowners, decried the current state of affairs that she says has given the U.S. attorney general the power to unilaterally decide whether Colorado's budding marijuana industry is allowed to continue to grow, or is suddenly shutdown – stripping the state of one of its key economic drivers.