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Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today was appointed to serve as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.
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The Senate is poised as early as Tuesday to act on a Trump-backed measure to end the partial government shutdown, but a bill promoted as a compromise to pair the president's wall with legal protections for some immigrants would also severely restrict migrants' ability to claim asylum, drawing fierce opposition from immigrant rights groups.
Colorado Democrat gains direct oversight of HHS, EPA, other major federal agencies
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, was named chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations panel.
A House panel sent a letter Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting he turn over documents related to the administration's "zero-tolerance" policy that led to the separation of families apprehended along the southern border.
Washington, DC – The top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce's Oversight and Investigations panel wasted no time in demanding that Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar turn over to the committee's investigators a series of internal documents detailing the agency's role in carrying out the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border.
Washington, DC – Three of the top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, joined forces today to shed light on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa and called on federal health officials to immediately provide members of Congress a full briefing on what's being done to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, is at the helm of one of Congress' most powerful investigations panels after her party's stunning November victories — a role that means she wields subpoena powers.