- DEGETTE, DIANA L.
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- Experience: House: District 1, 1997-Present
- Home State: Colorado
- Running: President, United States, 2016
- Total Raised: $1,000,060Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
- Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal
- Full Name: Diana Louise DeGette
- Gender: Female
- Family: Husband: Lino; 2 Children
- Birth Date: 07/29/1957
- Birth Place: Tachikawa, Japan
- Home City: Denver, CO
- Religion: Presbyterian
Education
- JD, Law, New York University, 1982
- BA, Political Science, Colorado College, 1979
Political Experience
- Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1996-present
- Resolutions Chair, Denver Democratic Party
- Former Regional Whip, United States House of Representatives
- Former Democratic Floor Whip, United States House of Representatives
- Democratic Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives
- Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, 1992-1996
- Assistant Minority Leader, Colorado State House of Representatives, 1993-1995
Current Legislative Committees
- Energy and Commerce, Member
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Member
- Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Member
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Ranking Member
Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees
- Co-Chair, Congressional Bipartisan Pro-Choice Caucus
- Co-Chair, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
- Member, Denver Women's Commission
- Member, Mayor's Management Review Commission on Social Services
- Vice Chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce, 2007-2011
Professional Experience
- Author
- Attorney, Civil Rights and Employment Law, 1982-1996
Religious, Civic, and other Memberships
- Member, Advisory Board, Safehouse
- Board Member, Colorado College
- Member, Colorado Women's Bar Association
- Member, Phi Beta Kappa
- Member, Pi Gamma Mu
- Board Member, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
- Board Member, Colorado Bar Association, 1989-1991
Additional Information
Awards:
- Rising Star List, National Journal
- Magna Cum Laude Graduate, Colorado College, 1979
General Survey
Total: 153
Introduced Date | Bill Number | Bill Title | Last Action |
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07/12/2007 | H.R.3024 | Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 | 07/12/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
07/06/2007 | H.R.2922 | Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2007 | 07/06/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
06/28/2007 | H.Res.434 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Pasqualine J. Lawson of Denver, Colorado, an African American woman who valiantly served her country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and serving as a hospital neuropsychiatric team member, was unfairly passed over for promotion and should have held the grade of technical sergeant, rather than private first class, upon her discharge from the service on January 2, 1946. | 06/28/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions) |
06/18/2007 | H.R.2762 | To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act. | 06/18/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) |
06/15/2007 | H.R.2746 | Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2007 | 06/15/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions) |
06/14/2007 | H.R.2723 | Children's Health Care Quality Act | 06/14/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
06/06/2007 | H.R.2560 | Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 | 06/06/2007 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 204 - 213 (Roll no. 439). (All Actions) |
05/31/2007 | H.R.2501 | Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center Act of 2007 | 05/31/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. (All Actions) |
05/08/2007 | H.R.2210 | Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 | 05/08/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
03/23/2007 | H.R.1647 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid Program. | 03/23/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
03/09/2007 | H.R.1037 | For the relief of Rosa Isela Figueroa Rincon, Miguel Angel Figueroa Rincon, Blanca Azucena Figueroa Rincon, and Nancy Araceli Figueroa Rincon. | 03/09/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. (All Actions) |
01/31/2007 | H.R.756 | E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 2007 | 01/31/2007 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions) |
01/12/2007 | H.R.3 | Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 | 01/12/2007 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6. (All Actions) |
07/17/2006 | H.R.5729 | SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2006 | 07/17/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . (All Actions) |
07/17/2006 | H.R.5728 | Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2006 | 07/17/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
07/10/2006 | H.R.5727 | Meat and Poultry Products Traceability and Safety Act of 2006 | 07/10/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture . (All Actions) |
06/23/2006 | H.R.5578 | Protection for Participants in Research Act of 2006 | 06/23/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
05/15/2006 | H.R.5225 | Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act | 05/15/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions) |
04/27/2006 | H.R.5226 | Energy Fairness Act of 2006 | 04/27/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions) |
01/09/2006 | H.R.4587 | Colorado Wilderness Act of 2005 | 01/09/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. (All Actions) |
Total: 2720
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