Representative Diana Degette (D-CO-01)

Representative Diana Degette (D-CO-01)
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H.RES.1261 Diana Degette 26 Cosponsors 5 points	Congratulating East High School in Denver, Colorado, on winning the 2008 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" national competition. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6469 Diana Degette 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6393 Diana Degette 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2008 To amend titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote tobacco use cessation under the Medicare Program, the Medicaid Program, and the maternal and child health program. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6297 Diana Degette 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act To enhance the ability of drinking water utilities in the United States to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.6089 Diana Degette 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, May 20, 2008

H.R.4218 Diana Degette 16 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by designating certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services under part B of the Medicare Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
H.R.3756 Diana Degette 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Colorado Wilderness Act of 2007 To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
H.R.3484 Diana Degette 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Safe And Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 6, 2007
H.R.3485 Diana Degette 6 Cosponsors 5 points	TRACE Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to improve the safety of food, meat, and poultry products through enhanced traceability, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, September 6, 2007
H.RES.586 Diana Degette 0 Cosponsors 1 points	Congratulating East High School of Denver, Colorado, on winning the 2007 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" national competition. Referred to House committee on Monday, July 30, 2007
H.R.3024 Diana Degette 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to provide nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, July 12, 2007
H.R.2922 Diana Degette 36 Cosponsors 5 points	Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2007 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the occurrence of diabetes in Medicare beneficiaries by extending coverage under Medicare for medical nutrition therapy services to such beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 28, 2007
H.RES.434 Diana Degette 4 Cosponsors 1 points	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. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 28, 2007
H.R.2762 Diana Degette 247 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act. Referred to House committee on Monday, June 18, 2007
H.R.2746 Diana Degette 15 Cosponsors 5 points	Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2007 To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to expand or add coverage of pregnant women under the Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 15, 2007
H.R.2723 Diana Degette 20 Cosponsors 5 points	Children's Health Care Quality Act To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish programs to improve the quality, performance, and delivery of pediatric care. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
H.R.2560 Diana Degette 5 Cosponsors 15 points	Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit human cloning, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Wednesday, June 6, 2007
H.R.2501 Diana Degette 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center Act of 2007 To establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center to assist in preserving the archeological, anthropological, paleontological, zoological, and geological artifacts and archival documentation from the Rocky Mountain region through the construction of an on-site, secure collections facility for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, May 31, 2007
H.R.2210 Diana Degette 86 Cosponsors 5 points	Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, May 8, 2007
H.R.1647 Diana Degette 216 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid Program. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 23, 2007
H.R.1037 Diana Degette 0 Cosponsors 5 points	For the relief of Rosa Isela Figueroa Rincon, Miguel Angel Figueroa Rincon, Blanca Azucena Figueroa Rincon, and Nancy Araceli Figueroa Rincon. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 9, 2007
H.R.756 Diana Degette 5 Cosponsors 5 points	E-Poll Book Improvement Act of 2007 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission to develop and adopt guidelines for electronic poll books in the same manner as the Commission develops and adopts voluntary voting system guidelines under the Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
H.R.3 Diana Degette 214 Cosponsors 25 points	Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research. Read the second time on Friday, January 12, 2007

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H.R.2352 Steve Rothman 55 Cosponsors 3 points	School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. House Committee on Education and Labor Granted an extension for further consider... on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1316 James McGovern 53 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the service of the Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served on the Landing Ship Tank (LST) amphibious landing craft during World War II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, Operation Desert Storm, and global operations through 2002 and recognizing the essential role played by LST amphibious craft during these conflicts. Passed/agreed to in House on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5788 Peter DeFazio 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.2192 Paul Hodes 44 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008

H.R.6433 Frank Pallone 5 Cosponsors 1 points	Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program of fees relating to generic new animal drugs. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6680 Jose Serrano 25 Cosponsors 3 points	Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1323 Harry Mitchell 26 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the Arizona State University softball team for their victory in the 2008 Women's College World Series. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 63 Cosponsors 0 points	National Silver Alert Act To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.948 Ed Markey 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007 To strengthen the authority of the Federal Government to protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers, and for other purposes. House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration... on Friday, July 11, 2008
H.R.3036 John Sarbanes 64 Cosponsors 0 points	No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.RES.1333 Mike Arcuri 40 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.3981 Brad Miller 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Preserve America and Save America's Treasures Act To authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.RES.1260 Melissa Bean 100 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Internet Safety Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.6268 Mark Udall 3 Cosponsors 1 points	HONOR Warriors Act To improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 15 points	ADA Restoration Act of 2007 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.RES.353 Elijah Cummings 101 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be an increased commitment supporting the development of innovative advanced imaging technologies for prostate cancer detection and treatment. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.6381 Frank Pallone 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting devices. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.4044 Janice Schakowsky 65 Cosponsors 6 points	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to exempt for a limited period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under Chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
H.R.1553 Deborah Pryce 226 Cosponsors 0 points	Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to information regarding pediatric cancers and current treatments for such cancers, establish a national childhood cancer registry, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancer. Received in the Senate on Monday, June 16, 2008
H.R.5912 John McHugh 7 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.5954 Mike Thompson 59 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans for presumptions of service connection for purposes of benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs for diseases associated with service in the Armed Forces and exposure to biological, chemical, or other toxic agents as part of Project 112, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 12, 2008
H.R.1462 Mark Udall 7 Cosponsors 9 points	Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.6238 John Dingell 33 Cosponsors 3 points	To provide for the establishment of an interagency working group to conduct a study to identify the factors that affect the pricing of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and to make recommendations on appropriate coordination of oversight and regulation. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.4926 Betty Sutton 98 Cosponsors 0 points	Josh Miller HEARTS Act To establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, June 9, 2008
H.R.1328 Frank Pallone 58 Cosponsors 0 points	Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.R.6045 Peter Visclosky 149 Cosponsors 0 points	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.134 Albert Wynn 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental illness, especially within minority communities. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 2, 2008
H.R.493 Louise Slaughter 222 Cosponsors 47 points	Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. Signed by President on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 218 Cosponsors 3 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.1157 Nita Lowey 269 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1152 Mike Ferguson 82 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring Arnold Palmer for his distinguished career in the sport of golf and his commitment to excellence and sportsmanship. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1124 Janice Schakowsky 108 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 0 points	Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.R.980 Dale Kildee 278 Cosponsors 0 points	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Senate floor actions on Thursday, May 15, 2008
H.R.1783 Rahm Emanuel 114 Cosponsors 0 points	Elder Justice Act To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.RES.1134 Grace Napolitano 148 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
H.R.5998 Frank Pallone 32 Cosponsors 3 points	Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act of 2008 To nullify any effectiveness of the August 17, 2007, State health official letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 8, 2008
H.RES.952 Ron Klein 149 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, May 5, 2008
H.R.5689 Lloyd Doggett 106 Cosponsors 3 points	Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title 18, United States Code, to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 1, 2008
H.R.5684 Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 43 Cosponsors 0 points	Veterans Education Improvement Act of 2008 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the basic educational assistance program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
H.R.5613 John Dingell 219 Cosponsors 0 points	Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009, and for other purposes. Read the second time on Monday, April 28, 2008
H.R.3072 Mark Udall 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 To reduce the risks to Colorado communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, to provide model legislation that may be applied to other States experiencing similar insect infestations or other forest-related problems, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.4836 Jay Inslee 16 Cosponsors 0 points	National Diabetes Coordinator Act of 2008 To reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish the position of National Diabetes Coordinator. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 25, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 0 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.R.5877 Mazie Hirono 35 Cosponsors 3 points	Shingles Prevention Act To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for the shingles vaccine under the Medicare Program. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
H.RES.981 Tammy Baldwin 103 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing March 6, 2008, as the first-ever World Glaucoma Day, established to increase awareness of glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the United States and worldwide. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.RES.1131 Stephanie Jones 65 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention observes the month of April as National STD Awareness Month and urging the House of Representatives to focus greater attention on activities related to the prevention of STDs and screening and treatment for STDs. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5835 Janice Schakowsky 11 Cosponsors 3 points	Health Promotion FIRST Act To provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
H.R.2421 Jim Oberstar 175 Cosponsors 3 points	Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, April 16, 2008
H.R.3189 Jerrold Nadler 29 Cosponsors 0 points	National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007 To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5036 Rush Holt 91 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008 To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
H.R.5802 Barbara Lee 54 Cosponsors 0 points	Food Assistance to Improve Reintegration Act of 2008 To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp eligibility of ex-offenders. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15,