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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump can't solely blame Colorado for the failure of Republicans on Friday to pass — or even try to pass — an overhaul of the Affordable Care Act.
Washington, DC – In response to House Speaker Paul Ryan's announcement that he is pulling from consideration the Trumpcare bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, issued the following statement:
With a House vote looming, it's still not too late to take a sensible approach to healthcare in America by seeking bipartisan solutions rather than outright repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Every day, somewhere in this country there's a news account about how opioid addiction has wrecked a small town or family -- personal stories of typical Americans who became addicted to pain pills, and then got hooked on heroin.
These are heartbreaking stories of Americans dying and leaving loved ones, often children, to pick up the pieces.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Diana DeGette, Louise Slaughter, Jan Schakowsky, Barbara Lee, Judy Chu, Suzan DelBene, Jerrold Nadler and Katherine Clark today blasted Republicans' latest changes to their disastrous healthcare repeal bill, which threatens the health and well-being of women and families.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said President Donald J. Trump's first budget request is short-sighted and would be ruinous for the United States.
Back in Denver after a 27-hour marathon committee meeting on Republicans' Obamacare replacement, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said she is "mystified" that Republicans are pushing forward with a bill that most analyses show will cause health insurance to become less available.
Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat representing Denver in Congress, is among many who are disappointed with the new GOP plan to replace Pres. Obama's Affordable Care Act.
"This bill is so bad from start to finish I could go on for hours about it," said DeGette.
A report out Friday from the Brookings Institution says it is likely the Congressional Budget Office will estimate more than 15 million people would lose health care coverage under the new House GOP bill.
Denver – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, said today's Congressional Budget Office assessment of the Republican bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act proves that Americans would be better off if Congress works on a bipartisan basis to amend the ACA rather than jamming through a unilateral repeal.