u.s. rep. diana degette
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WATCH: DeGette advocates plan for wildfire pollution control
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WASHINGTON – Efforts to control wildfires always will fail until the government develops a long-term plan to prevent forest fires and is willing to fund it, Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said Thursday. DeGette was speaking during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on environment hearing. Congress is trying to improve methods to control air…
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Senate searches for ways to reduce health care administrative costs
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WASHINGTON – Health care officials at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday advocated methods to reduce the industry’s administrative expenses in ways similar to those proposed by Colorado Democrats. Administrative burdens from insurers and government regulators commonly represent 8 percent of patients’ bills, according to the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.…
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DeGette, congressional panel assess effectiveness of opioid treatment grants
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WASHINGTON – A government health care administrator advocated expanding access to opioid addiction treatment Thursday during a congressional hearing at a time when the drug’s health risks are becoming a campaign issue in Colorado. “What we have to do is to work very hard to integrate substance abuse treatment, opioid addiction treatment, into primary care settings…
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Q&A with Jen Clanahan: ‘I want to protect my daughter and her future’
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Mom knows best; most of us learned that lesson growing up – though we probably didn’t get around to admitting it until years later. Jen Clanahan, a mom herself, learned that same lesson and decided to take it to a whole new level. Politically active and environmentally activist, she and some like-minded moms came up…
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Colorado delegation plans to meet on bill to protect marijuana business
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WASHINGTON – Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation plan to meet Tuesday to discuss the possibility of legislation to protect the state’s marijuana laws and businesses. A spokesperson for Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, acknowledged the planned meeting to Colorado Politics but provided no additional details. “Rep. DeGette has been involved in bipartisan talks during the last…
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Colorado lawmakers pressure Congress to extend CHIP for low-income kids
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s governor and a congresswoman are pressuring federal lawmakers to renew the CHIP program that provides medical insurance to children of low-income families. Republican congressional leaders are giving hints the Children’s Health Insurance Program will continue but not in its current form. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, helped to organize a request to…
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Denver defiant toward Trump after threat on immigration policy
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Words of defiance from state and Denver officials and a federal court’s ruling this week are pushing a dispute over Trump administration immigration policy closer to a confrontation before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Justice Department sent a letter last week to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock threatening to cut off some law enforcement grants if…
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Colorado’s most reclusive billionaire isn’t shy about supporting the GOP
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If you like pizza, chances are you have contributed in a roundabout way to the spectacular financial success of James Leprino and his homegrown family enterprise, Denver-based Leprino Foods. More to the point for those of us who dwell in the political world: You also have contributed in some small way to the success (or otherwise)…
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Colorado Democrats call for probe after report Trump shared classified intel with Russians
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Colorado Democrats are calling for an independent investigation in the face of a bombshell media report that President Donald Trump shared highly sensitive, classified intelligence about the Islamic State with Russian diplomats during a White House visit last week, a revelation that Trump appeared to both confirm and defend early Tuesday. The original report from the…
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Feds award $7.8 million grant to fight opioid abuse epidemic
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Colorado will receive $7.8 million in federal grant money to help battle opioid abuse in the state, as part of a landmark medical research bill signed late last year. The 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law late last year, boosted funding for medical research and accelerated the development and approval process of medical treatments.…
