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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, called President Donald J. Trump's new budget proposal irresponsible, bad for the country overall and harmful to Colorado in particular.
"President Trump's Fiscal Year 2019 budget request will short-change important projects and programs affecting the environment, housing and health, among other matters that are critical to Colorado and the nation," DeGette said. "It is also fiscally irresponsible, focusing on short-term goals based on faulty assumptions, and will have a devastating long-term impact.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, strongly condemned alleged Trump administration collusion with an extreme anti-choice group in an effort to restrict Medicaid recipients' access to Planned Parenthood. The allegations are based on new information released by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement after voting against the "Bipartisan Budget Act" early this morning:
"Under its current Republican leadership, Congress has lurched from crisis to crisis over the federal budget since this fiscal year started in October, voting five times for stopgap spending bills and shutting down the government twice.
Washington, DC – Today Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, joined 74 Democratic House members in sending a letter to Homeland Security Secretary KirstjenNielsen expressing profound concern with the Department of Homeland Security's practice of separating immigrant families, both in the United States and at the border.
Yesterday, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke for eight consecutive hours on the chamber's floor about the need for immigration reform, with a particular focus on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, an endangered program that grants temporary but renewable legal status to those born outside the United States and brought here without documentation as children. Among the DACA recipients she lauded was Denver's Marco Dorado, whose inspirational story was first told in this space circa March 2017.
WASHINGTON — Diana DeGette just completed her 21st year as the Democratic congresswoman representing the district that includes the heart of Denver, making her the most senior member of the Colorado delegation and a force not to be overlooked in Washington's hard knocks politics.
While a host of big-name Democrats — Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran and state Sen. Angela Williams among them — are said to be biding their time for a shot to take DeGette's place in D.C. as the biennial shoo-in, the congresswoman has no plans to move on after 11 terms.
By Diana DeGette
After months of sickening partisan gamesmanship, the Republican-led Congress finally renewed the Children's Health Insurance Program in January. This step provided temporary relief for children from low-income homes in Colorado and across the country, but now the very hospitals and clinics where they seek treatment are at risk.
Washington, DC – Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today held a press conference to provide an update on their ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. The leaders spoke to continued stonewalling by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), despite numerous requests for basic information.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement about the continuing resolution that will come before the House for a vote this evening:
"GOP leaders will soon put a spending bill on the House floor that, if signed into law, will fund the government for only a few more weeks – through March 23. And once again, the Republican-led Congress is ignoring a number of important priorities in a rush to meet a short-term deadline when these issues should have been resolved in September as the last fiscal year came to an end.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement concerning President Donald J. Trump's speech tonight:
"I attended the State of the Union address with low expectations -- and unfortunately, I was not disappointed. Despite the White House claim that the president would seek common ground, this speech was designed to divide Americans and deepen the fissures in our democracy.