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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) said the provision in the just-released GOP tax plan allowing the start of a 529 college savings plan for an "unborn child" is an extreme policy that has no place in the tax code.
"This is a back-door attempt to establish personhood from the moment of conception," DeGette said. "Even in the tax reform debate, Republicans could not resist including offensive provisions to appease an extremist minority. The tax code is no place to define what constitutes an 'unborn child.' What's next, giving a Social Security number to a zygote?"
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said the Republican tax plan unveiled this morning is a one-sided partisan effort that does little for the middle class while rewarding the wealthy.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said today's recommendations by the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis are a positive step, but don't negate the urgent need for increased federal funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement in response to news today of the first indictments from the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller:
Washington, DC — Pro-choice leaders in Congress, led by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Pro-Choice Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY), and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), today called on President Donald J. Trump to reverse his recent moves to limit women's access to birth control.
Washington, DC – President Donald J. Trump's just-announced plan to address the opioid epidemic is far from sufficient – starting with funding for the effort, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said today.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the Pro Choice Caucus, today introduced a bill to block recent Trump administration moves to limit women's access to birth control. Also leading the legislation are fellow co-chair Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA) and chair of the Democratic Women's Working Group Lois Frankel (D-FL), who together authored the Protect Access to Birth Control Act to safeguard this right for every woman in America.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, joined fellow Democratic leaders in the Energy and Commerce Committee in sending a letter to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan today requesting the analysis and reasoning used to justify the Trump Administration's decision to abruptly expand the exemption lett
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-1) and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25), co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today blasted the Trump administration for moving to prevent refugees in federal shelters from accessing safe and legal reproductive health services even in cases of rape and incest.
Denver– Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said President Donald J. Trump's plan to eliminate health insurance cost sharing reduction payments is a blatant effort to sabotage the Affordable Care Act that will hurt millions of Americans.