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Diana DeGette

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Diana Louise DeGette is a U.S. Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district, having served since January 3, 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for health care reform and women's rights throughout her tenure in Congress. DeGette has played a significant role in various legislative efforts, particularly in expanding access to health care services. Her work has garnered support from organizations such as the National Association of Community Health Centers.

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Feb 11, 2021

Their statements before, during and after the attack made clear the attack was done for Donald Trump at his instructions, and to fulfill his wishes.

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Feb 11, 2021

When President Trump asked his supporters to come to D.C. to stop the steal, to stop the certification of the vote on January 6, his supporters took him seriously and literally.

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Feb 10, 2021

What unfathomable horrors await us if we do not stand up now and say, no, this is not America? And we will not just express condolences and denunciations.

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Feb 10, 2021

All of these people who had been arrested and charged, they are being held accountable for their actions. Their leader, the man who incited them, must be held accountable as well.

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Feb 10, 2021

You don't have to take my word for it that the insurrectionist acted at Donald Trump's direction, they said so.

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Feb 8, 2021

President Biden has correctly identified it as one of the great crises we must confront as a nation today.

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Feb 8, 2021

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. I am so excited and grateful that we are finally working with an administration prepared to address the climate crisis.

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Feb 8, 2021

Perhaps the single most important objective in reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, as the President has called for, is to eliminate the carbon emissions of the electricity sector.

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Feb 2, 2021

I have called on the Biden administration to involve a geriatrician or expert in aging services on the COVID-19 response team.

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Feb 2, 2021

If we can increase our capacity and have more rapid test results, it will continue--if we can't do that, it will continue to make it difficult for us to limit the spread.

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Feb 1, 2021

The Biden administration absolutely has its work cut out for it. Indeed, it faces the greatest and most immediate challenge of any Presidential administration in modern memory.

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Feb 1, 2021

I hope my Republican colleagues will join me, without delay, in supporting this bill for the American people. There is simply no time to waste.

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Feb 1, 2021

the end of this nightmare is in sight. Now is the time to double down on our efforts

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Feb 1, 2021

As Mr. Dingell used to say, our charge is broad--rooting out waste, fraud, and, abuse wherever we may find it--and I'm sure we'll have many opportunities in the 117th Congress.

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Feb 1, 2021

The end of this nightmare is in sight. Now is the time to double down on our efforts, and finally turn the corner on this pandemic.

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Feb 1, 2021

We must act with a sense of urgency and use every resource available at the Federal, State, and local levels to fight the spread of this disease.

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Feb 1, 2021

we saw endless dysfunction and chaos as our country was left adrift by the absence of strong, competent Federal leadership

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Jan 21, 2021

the American people have seen all of this evidence on TV and on social media.

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Jan 21, 2021

It’s just -- it’s in such plain evidence that you almost forget that it’s just incitement of the riot that happened and an attempt to stop the Democratic counting of this certified results.

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Jan 21, 2021

Somebody trying to manipulate the Department of Justice which is supposed to be the independent legal watchdog for our country is just appalling.

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Jan 21, 2021

this is just part and parcel of what Donald Trump was desperately trying to do, which was find any way he could to overturn the results of a fair and legal election in this country.

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Jan 13, 2021

We are going up there with the intention of obtaining a conviction, which would make Donald Trump not just the first president to be impeached twice, which he is, but the first president to be convicted.

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Jan 13, 2021

The facts are so appalling and so clear. I think that's why 27 senators are saying they really may consider convicting.

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Jan 13, 2021

Donald Trump's the first president to have been impeached twice, but that's not enough. He needs to be convicted.

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Jan 13, 2021

This man is dangerous. He has defied the Constitution. He's incited sedition, and he must be removed.

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