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Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Diana DeGette and Rep. Fred Upton proposed requiring greater diversity in clinical trials. They said the change would help ensure drugs and treatments approved for use in the United States are safe and effective for a greater portion of the population.
Context: Joint proposal in Cures 2.0, introduced in 2021; the source does not specify how diversity would be required.
Diana DeGette and Rep. Fred Upton proposed training programs to help family members care for loved ones at home. The programs are part of their Cures 2.0 legislation, introduced in 2021 to improve patient care.
Context: Joint proposal with Rep. Fred Upton; the source describes the legislation as introduced, not enacted.
Diana DeGette and Rep. Fred Upton introduced Cures 2.0 in 2021, proposing to increase patients’ access to telehealth services. The proposal is part of legislation designed to improve care for patients across the country.
Context: Joint proposal with Rep. Fred Upton; the source describes the legislation as introduced, not enacted.
Diana DeGette is a lead sponsor of the Keep Americans Safe Act, which would reinstate a federal ban on selling, transferring or possessing gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. The bill would also make federal funds available to buy back large-capacity magazines that are already legally owned. DeGette presents the ban as a way to help protect communities from gun violence.
Context: The proposal is not described as enacted. The buyback funding is for magazines already legally owned.
DeGette’s legislation would direct the EPA to assess the potential health effects of hydrogen cyanide on nearby communities and set a maximum federal limit on how much refineries may release into the air. The proposal is intended to protect people living near refineries from exposure to this toxic chemical.
Context: The source describes proposed legislation but does not specify the limit or how it would be set.
DeGette is a lead sponsor of the FRAC Act, which would require fracking companies to publicly disclose the chemicals they inject underground. It would also give the EPA authority to regulate fracking, ending the exemption for those chemicals from the Safe Drinking Water Act’s requirements.
Context: The source describes the FRAC Act as proposed legislation and does not detail how EPA regulation would work.
DeGette authored the Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act, which would require U.S. power companies to eliminate their net carbon emissions by as early as 2035. The bill would offer incentives for power plants ready to switch to net-zero emissions and support development of technologies to lower emissions. It also would provide assistance to train current fossil-fuel-industry workers for future jobs.
Context: The source presents the bill as proposed and says the deadline could be as early as 2035; it does not give details about incentive levels or worker-assistance eligibility.
DeGette introduced legislation that would require the EPA to identify and clean up 100 of the most heavily polluted communities in the country. The legislation also would require the agency to study how pollution from multiple sources affects nearby communities and use that information in future health assessments.
Context: The described requirements are proposed legislation, not stated as enacted.
DeGette supports strict limits on the methane that oil and gas companies can release from U.S. drilling sites. She has authored legislation to restore standards that were in place under the Obama administration and to further reduce emissions from drilling operations.
Context: The source describes restoration of the earlier standards as enacted and other emissions-reduction legislation as authored; it does not specify the additional limits.
DeGette says she is leading efforts to cut the nation’s carbon emissions, curb methane waste and pollution, and promote environmental justice. She presents this work as a way to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change.
Context: Original statement date not established. Source collected on November 10, 2026.