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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.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, condemned President Trump's executive order on health care today as a deliberate effort to weaken the Affordable Care Act.
Washington, DC – The co-chairs of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), today sent a letter to Equifax Interim CEO Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. requesting information on any additional programs that his company plans to implement to assist the 145 million people whose data was compromised in the breach that was disclosed last month.
Washington, D.C.- Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY), co-chairs of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, commend the House passage today of the National Clinical Care Commission Act.
The bipartisan legislation creates a commission to improve care for people with diabetes and associated conditions. Additionally, the commission would be responsible for assessing how the federal government can more efficiently fund diabetic care.
WASHINGTON, DC —Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-1) and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25), co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, and Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) today reacted to the Trump administration's interim final rule that would allow any employer to be exempt from the requirement to provide health insurance that includes contraception. Currently, insurers are required to cover birth control at no cost under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Op-Ed by Congresswoman Diana DeGette
When is "enough" really going to be enough? With each mass shooting, we grieve, console the families, commend the heroes, condemn the killers and say, "Enough." And then … nothing happens.
Washington, DC -- Today, Colorado's congressional delegation sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos urging the company to select Colorado as the location of its second headquarters, citing the state's highly skilled workforce and demonstrated commitment to providing an excellent quality of life.