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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.
And although she says Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on oversight and investigations are still trying to prioritize their specific probes, a broad target is clear: the Trump administration. Already on tap are border policy, climate change and health care.
Count Denver's U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette among the congressional Democrats who are ready to investigate President Donald Trump's administration.
DeGette on Tuesday was appointed chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's oversight panel, which has subpoena power. According to a release from her office, her first order of business is to investigate the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border.
DeGette's appointment to lead the oversight body was expected. Earlier this year she made a failed bid for a leadership role.
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Denver) has been named to the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's panel on Oversight and Investigations, according to a news release from the congresswoman's office.
The new position will give DeGette considerable sway over the future policy decisions in the House related to health care and the environment, according to DeGette's office. She takes over as chair as the Democrats take over control of the House from Republicans after winning a majority of seats in the 2018 midterm elections.
House Democrats on Tuesday vowed to repeal a ban on the use of federal funds for abortions.
While a repeal of the long-standing ban is unlikely with Republican control of the Senate, the move indicates the direction Democrats want to go should they gain control of the upper chamber in 2020.
"We are going to end the Hyde Amendment," said Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chairwoman of the House Pro-Choice Caucus.
"We intend to fight aggressively to reverse the terrible decisions made by the Trump administration, and frankly previous administrations, going back 40 years."
Colorado's congressional Democrats said at a Monday morning news conference at Denver International Airport that President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were holding government workers "hostage" while the president throws "temper tantrums" over a border wall that has ever-shifting funding sources and while the longest-ever government shutdown continues.=
Washington, DC – Just hours after being named the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Oversight and Investigations Committee, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today the hiring of Dr. Manik Roy as her new Climate Change and Environment Policy Director.
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) was named the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's powerful and far-reaching Oversight and Investigations panel today.
The move gives the Colorado Democrat considerable sway to influence future policy decisions related to healthcare and the environment, as her party once again takes control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), along with Representatives Eliot Engel (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) have introduced H.R. 501, the Poison Center Network Enhancement Act of 2019, to assist with potential poison exposures and help combat the national opioid epidemic.
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Jason Crow (CO-06) and Joe Neguse (CO-02) released a joint statement calling on Senate Republicans and President Trump to immediately act to end the partial government shutdown: