• DEGETTE, DIANA L.
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
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Oppose
Total: 153
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
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
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
05/16/2017 H.Res.327 Recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States.
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017 H.R.2854 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2827 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/18/2017 H.Res.128 Supporting respect for human rights and encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.
05/17/2017 H.R.2509 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program.
05/17/2017 H.R.2479 To rebuild and modernize the Nation's infrastructure to expand access to broadband internet, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, protect public health and the environment, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 H.R.2477 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 H.R.356 Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/16/2017 H.R.2472 Disability Integration Act of 2017
05/05/2017 H.R.2356 MY DATA Act of 2017
05/05/2017 H.R.2290 Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017
05/05/2017 H.R.2285 School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act
05/05/2017 H.R.2244 Patient Experience in Research Act of 2017
05/04/2017 H.Res.314 Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
05/02/2017 H.R.2282 Equality Act
05/01/2017 H.R.2049 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017
05/01/2017 H.R.2043 Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2017
04/28/2017 H.R.2119 Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
04/27/2017 H.R.2215 SAFE Act of 2017
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