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Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, today called for the resignation or firing of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen over the agency's implementation of the heartless "zero-tolerance" policy that is forcibly removing parents from their children at the U.S. border, along with her repeated lies about the policy and its impact.

Denver– As part of her ongoing work to reverse the Trump Administration's new "zero-tolerance" policy of separating children from parents who enter the United States seeking asylum or otherwise come into the country without documentation, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, will travel with colleagues to the Southwestern U.S. border this week.

Washington, DC – Congressional Diabetes Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY) today celebrated a policy change that the caucus had long advocated to modernize Medicare coverage: The federal government will now permit coverage of costs for Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) by patients who track their data using smartphones, tablets and other personal electronic devices.

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, today supported a resolution condemning the Trump Administration's "zero-tolerance policy," which is separating children from their parents at the border.

"The administration's new policy of separating families who seek asylum in the United States is sickening," DeGette said. "It traumatizes people seeking humanitarian relief, ripping young children away from their parents. This needless cruelty in the mistaken name of protecting our borders must end."

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) co-sponsored a bicameral, bipartisan bill introduced today to ensure that each state has the right to determine for itself the best approach to marijuana within its borders.

Washington, DC – More than 100 members of Congress, led by Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt urging him to withdraw a recently-proposed, so-called "transparency rule" that would limit the scientific research available to EPA policy makers as they draft regulations.

Denver – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), a founding member of the LGBT Equality Caucus, decried the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled in favor of Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood Colorado, who refused to bake a cake celebrating the marriage of same-sex couple Charlie Craig and David Mullins in 2012.

Washington, D.C. – President Trump's new proposed rule on Title X-supported programs is effectively a gag rule that will harm millions of women and families.