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Diana Louise DeGette (born July 29, 1957) is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district, serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Denver.
Early life, education and career
A fourth-generation Coloradan, DeGette was born in Tachikawa, Japan while her father served in the armed forces. She graduated from Colorado College where she was elected to the Pi Gamma Mu international honor society in 1979, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from New York University in 1982. She then returned to Denver and began a law practice focusing on civil rights and employment litigation.
Colorado Legislature
Long active in Denver politics, she was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1992. ...
Robert Hill, chairman of the Nurse-Family Partnership board of directors, Congresswoman Diana DeGette and Dr. Patricia Gabow, CEO and medical director of Denver Health. , positive
In the coming weeks, our national leaders face extraordinary challenges. To avoid defaulting on our obligations and sending the world economy into a tailspin, we must raise the debt limit by August 2nd. But we also face the daunting task of balancing the budget and reducing our deficit, while at the same time avoiding the enactment of any solutions that will exacerbate the serious and stubborn joblessness in this country. Unfortunately as debate and negotiations over the debt ceiling have progressed, all of these issues seem to have been inextricably linked to one another, setting the stage ...
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette says House Republicans are conducting an “invasive investigation” into Planned Parenthood, which includes an extraordinarily broad and burdensome request for documents.
Congressman Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., is the chairman of the House subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that is pushing for documents that pertain to the organization’s financial information.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., joined DeGette, a Denver Democrat, in penning a letter to Stearns that questions whether “Planned Parenthood is being singled out as part of a Republican ...
In the coming weeks, our national leaders face extraordinary challenges. To avoid defaulting on our obligations and sending the world economy into a tailspin, we must raise the debt limit by August 2nd. But we also face the daunting task of balancing the budget and reducing our deficit, while at the same time avoiding the enactment of any solutions that will exacerbate the serious and stubborn joblessness in this country. Unfortunately as debate and negotiations over the debt ceiling have progressed, all of these issues seem to have been inextricably linked to one another, setting the stage ...