Rep. Diana DeGette

Democrat  •  1st District, Colorado  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1997
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02/09/12
Diana DeGette Blames Catholic Bishops For Pro Choice Pols' 'Confusion' On Birth Control Rule

...-- Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Pro Choice Caucus, said that at least three of her progressive colleagues, whom she declined to name, have expressed "confusion" over whether to support the Obama administration's new birth control co

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02/08/12
Diana DeGette Blames Catholic Bishops For Pro Choice Pols' 'Confusion' On Birth Control Rule

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Pro Choice Caucus, said that at least three of her progressive colleagues, whom she declined to name, have expressed "confusion" over whether to support the Obama administration's ...

Source: Huffington Post
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02/08/12
Q&A: Rep. Diana DeGette on the White House’s contraceptives decision

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus. The group huddled this afternoon to discuss the health reform law’s mandated coverage of contraceptives that has recently come under fire. With the White House standing firm

Source: Washington Post
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02/08/12
Q&A: Rep. Diana DeGette on the White House’s contraceptives decision

...Diana DeGette Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus. The group huddled this afternoon to discuss the health reform law’s mandated coverage of contraceptives that has recently come under fire . With the White H

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02/08/12
Q&A: Rep. Diana DeGette on the White House’s contraceptives decision

...Diana DeGette Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus. The group huddled this afternoon to discuss the health reform law’s mandated coverage of contraceptives that has recently come under fire . With the White H

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02/07/12
Colo. lawmakers urge extension of wind-energy credit

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Colorado U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton delivered a letter of support of the PTC to the chairmen of the conference committee negotiating ...

Source: Northern Colorado Business Report
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02/07/12
Colo. lawmakers urge extension of wind-energy credit

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Colorado U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton delivered a letter of support of the PTC to the chairmen of the conference committee negotiating ...

Source: Northern Colorado Business Report
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02/07/12
Komen: ‘Race for the Pure’?

“Planned Parenthood is being singled out as part of a Republican vendetta against an organization that provides family planning and other medical care to low-income women and men,” said a letter by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Henry Waxman ..

Source: Daily Review Atlas
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02/07/12
Defunding Planned Parenthood over “controversy” was politics by another name.

But Waxman didn’t sign the letter. In fact, two weeks later, Waxman and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., the ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, sent Stearns a letter denouncing his investigation as a partisan sham.

Source: Slate
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02/07/12
Colo. lawmakers urge extension of wind-energy credit

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Colorado U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton delivered a letter of support of the PTC to the chairmen of the conference committee negotiating ...

Source: Northern Colorado Business Report
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02/07/12
Colo. lawmakers urge extension of wind-energy credit

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Colorado U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis, Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton delivered a letter of support of the PTC to the chairmen of the conference committee negotiating ...

Source: Northern Colorado Business Report
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02/04/12
Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

...I'm pleased that they've made this reversal, but it's really a shame that they made the decision in the first place," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "And it seems like the only reason they reversed it is because they came under so much pressure." But

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02/04/12
Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A P.R. Challenge

...pleased that they've made this reversal, but it's really a shame that they made the decision in the first place," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "And it seems like the only reason they reversed it is because they came under so much pressure." But not

Source: NPR
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02/04/12
Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

...I'm pleased that they've made this reversal, but it's really a shame that they made the decision in the first place," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "And it seems like the only reason they reversed it is because they came under so much pressure." But

Source: NPR
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02/04/12
Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

...pleased that they've made this reversal, but it's really a shame that they made the decision in the first place," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "And it seems like the only reason they reversed it is because they came under so much pressure." But not

Source: NPR
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02/04/12
Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

...pleased that they've made this reversal, but it's really a shame that they made the decision in the first place," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "And it seems like the only reason they reversed it is because they came under so much pressure." But not

Source: NPR
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02/03/12
Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

"I guess I'm pleased that they've made this reversal, but it's really a shame that they made the decision in the first place," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. "And it seems like the only reason they reversed it is because they came under so much pressure.

Source: NPR News
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02/03/12
GUEST EDITORIAL: Creating jobs with hydropower

And I'm excited to announce a new bipartisan bill with Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., to expand domestic hydropower production. Our bill, H.R. 3680, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, would facilitate the development of hydropower and ...

Source: Columbia Basin Herald
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02/03/12
Google Briefing With House Members Falls Short

...Other members who attended the meeting were Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Joe Barton (R-Texas), Charlie Bass (R-N.H.), Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.

Source: AdWeek
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02/03/12
Rep. Bono Mack reports on closed-door Google briefing

Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif ... D-Calif, Ed Markey, D-MA and Diana DeGette D-CO. Here are excerpts from an interview Bono Mack granted Technology Live not long after the closed-door briefing concluded. TL: How'd the briefing go? Bono Mack: I don't ...

Source: USA Today
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02/02/12
GOP Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado adds nearly $500,000 to 6th District war chest

...born on the first day of the fourth quarter. He has about $165,000 cash on hand and raised $695,193 in all of 2011. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, is without an opponent so far and raised $141,733 in the fourth quarter, with just about $166,866

Source: Denver Post
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02/02/12
Susan G. Komen Foundation Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding Over Abortion

Diana DeGette and Henry Waxman, ranking members of the Subcommittee ... We’re not talking about abortion,” says an exasperated Rep. Jackie Speier. “Planned Parenthood is first and foremost an abortion business, but Planned Parenthood ...

Source: Daily Beast
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02/01/12
Beltway Blog — Coffman’s fundraising soars, Tipton, Lamborn struggle

He has about $165,000 cash on hand and raised $695,193 in all of 2011. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, is without an opponent so far and raised $141,733 in the fourth quarter with $166,866 cash on hand. Both Democrat Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark ...

Source: Denver Post
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02/01/12
Planned Parenthood Vs. Komen: Women's Health Giants Face Off Over Abortion

Whatever the reason, it has outraged members of Congress like Colorado's Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat. "I don't see two groups at war with each other," DeGette said. "I see the Komen Foundation declaring war on women's health. Planned ...

Source: NPR News
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02/01/12
A Push for Privacy in the Wake of the Carrier IQ Controversy

The second bit of good news is a request from Reps. G.K. Butterfield, Diana DeGette and Henry Waxman to hold a committee hearing on Carrier IQ and consumer privacy. “There continue to be many unanswered questions about the handling of this ...

Source: Common Dreams
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02/01/12
Google to Talk Privacy Policy in Private with Congress

...Joe Barton (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), giving an overview of why Google has changed its privacy policy. Google

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01/31/12
Google to Talk Privacy Policy in Private with Congress

Google has also sent a letter to House of Representative members Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), Joe Barton (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), and Jackie ...

Source: searchenginewatch.com
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01/31/12
1-800-GET-THIN centers criticized

"We believe the committee should hold hearings to examine whether FDA device regulation has been ineffective in protecting the public from dangerous medical devices like the Lap-Band," Waxman and Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

Source: Los Angeles Times
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01/31/12
Campaign 2012 Coverage

...James Dobson has endorsed Rick Santorum for the Republican nomination for president. Democratic Colorado congresswoman Diana DeGette is announcing her re-election campaign for a ninth term. A marijuana legalization measure on Colorado ballots this fall

Source: CBS Denver
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01/30/12
1-800-GET-THIN centers criticized

"We believe the committee should hold hearings to examine whether FDA device regulation has been ineffective in protecting the public from dangerous medical devices like the Lap-Band," Waxman and Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and John D.

Source: Los Angeles Times
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