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March 16, 2018

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) today issued the following statement on the news that her Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus co-chair and long-time colleague, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, had passed away:

"This is a tremendous loss, personally and for the vast community of people with whom Louise Slaughter worked.

March 12, 2018

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) was among the 140 Democratic House members who today called on President Donald J. Trump to follow the letter and spirit of the law by imposing sanctions against those behind Russia's attacks on American democracy. In a letter led by Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot L.

March 8, 2018

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today joined fellow leaders on the Energy and Commerce Committee from both parties in sending letters to the U.S. Olympic Committee and all 48 National Governing Bodies, as well as Michigan State University, expanding the committee's investigation into sexual abuse within organized sports.

March 7, 2018

Washington, DC – Today, as the survivors of the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida continue to advocate for common-sense gun safety, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Ranking Member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, joined all fellow Energy and Commerce Democrats in sending a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) urging him to hold hearings as soon as possible to address gun violence

March 5, 2018

Washington, D.C.– Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), together with other Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders, today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding serious concerns about the impartiality of current senior EPA political appointees, including one from Colorado.

March 5, 2018

Junior Vanessa Simkowitz and 100 of her classmates at South High School on Friday firmly rejected the idea that arming teachers is the answer to preventing mass school shootings in America.

Simkowitz especially wanted to make her stance on the issue crystal clear.

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and you can quote me on that," she said. "Why would you bring even more guns into a situation like that? It doesn't make sense."

February 22, 2018

Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, again expressed her strong opposition to repealing Obama-era Net Neutrality rules in response to the final Net Neutrality repeal order being printed in the Federal Register today. The order will largely go into full effect on April 23 of this year, giving Congress and supporters of Net Neutrality only 60 days to reverse this move.

February 15, 2018

Washington, DC – After revelations today by the Washington Post about continued unlawful behavior by Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement Scott Lloyd, who has ignored the constitution and federal rules regarding women's rights and reproductive health, the co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Congresswomen Diana DeGette (D-CO) and

February 15, 2018

Washington, DC Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, decried the way in which legislation that the House passed today on a nearly a party-line vote would undermine the long-standing protections of the Americans With Disabilities Act, which was approved 28 years ago with strong bipartisan support and signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.

February 13, 2018

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ranking Member on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, joined every fellow Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee in sending a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today asking a series of questions surrounding how the FCC reviewed and considered the record 24 million public comments in its proceedings to repeal net neutrality.