Diana DeGette

DeGette: A federal ban of high-capacity magazines will save lives even as threat of gun violence grows

September 10, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

I鈥檒l never forget where I was when news broke of the horrific mass shooting taking place at Columbine High School. I had just been reelected to Congress and I remember...

Wastewater treatment plant in Longmont Methane Gas burn off flame.
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Commemorate the Clean Air Act by living up to its protections

December 19, 2018 at 10:20 a.m.

This coming Monday, December 17 marks the 55th anniversary of the Clean Air Act. Coincidentally, it is also the end of the public comment period for the Trump administration鈥檚 proposal...

FILE - In this July 19, 2016, file photo, Donald Trump, Jr., son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Donald Trump is running a more disciplined campaign of late, largely avoiding the verbal slip-ups and inflammatory tweets that some have deemed offensive. But in recent weeks, a series of eyebrow-raising sentiments has been emanating from another Trump: the candidate鈥檚 eldest son. Donald Trump Jr. has posted a pair of controversial tweets warning of the dangers of admitting refugees. One post likened refugees to a bowl of Skittles and drew widespread condemnation. And it抖阴ap not the first time that Donald Trump Jr. has used imagery that some believe carries xenophobic or racist connotations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

DeGette: Why Donald Trump Jr. attacked the Democrats

September 28, 2018 at 5:00 a.m.

Last Sunday, I鈥檓 sure most聽Denver Post聽readers were scratching their heads, as I was, when they saw Donald Trump Jr.鈥檚 diatribe against Democrats splashed across the top of the Perspective section.

DeGette: America must do better for those coming to us in need

July 31, 2018 at 6:18 p.m.

We must do this not just for people who come here with hope in their hearts and the tiny hands of the next generation clasped in their own.

Physician's assistant Ryan Conrad, right, looks ...

DeGette: While Congress stalls, hospitals and health centers may flatline

February 5, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

After months of sickening partisan gamesmanship, Congress renewed a health insurance program for low income children, but now where those kids seek treatment are at risk.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is joined by nurses from around the country during a press conference on Wednesday to urge protection of patients' rights under the Affordable Care Act.

DeGette: Repealing the Affordable Care Act would endanger Americans鈥� health

February 2, 2017 at 11:49 a.m.

We face a critical test of congressional ability to resolve the shortcomings of the Affordable Care Act while preserving its strengths.

In this 2013 file photo, Surinder M. Singh, a post-doctorate fellow, and others in this School of Pharmacy lab, are using this Circular Dichroism Spectrometer to help in the study in advances of treatments for muscular dystrophy.

DeGette: 21st Century Cures is a bipartisan battle on disease

December 2, 2016 at 5:29 p.m.

At a time of heightened acrimony in Washington it抖阴ap wonderful that we can come together to find cures that affect so many patients and their loved ones.

Protesters hold up signs and flags to show solidarity with House Democrats after they staged a sit in over gun-control laws on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 23.

DeGette and Toltz: A moment of truth on gun safety reform

July 1, 2016 at 6:12 p.m.

People throughout the country are demanding sensible gun safety reform. The long-running fight to achieve it is not about ideology or a dispute over our Constitution --聽it has real, life-or-death...

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is launching a new effort to overhaul medical research in the country. The goal is to reduce the time it takes to get drugs from the lab to needy patients. As part of that effort, she reached out to Dr. Dan Theodorescu for advice, Feb. 6. Dr. Theodorescu working in a lab at The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

DeGette and Upton: New cures for the 21st century

December 12, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.

DeGette and Upton: New cures for the 21st century

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