Diana DeGette

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Diana DeGette

Diana Louise DeGette (born July 29, 1957 in Tachikawa , Japan ) is a politician from the US state of Colorado ( Democratic Party ). She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1997, representing the first congressional constituency of Colorado, Denver ; previously she had been a member of the Colorado House of Representatives since 1992 . In Congress, she is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and various other committees. Re-elected in 2016, she will also serve in the 115th Congress of the United States, which meets on January 3, 2017 . Your new legislative period runs until January 3, 2019.

DeGette was at the center of public attention when she tabled a bill to promote stem cell research in 2005, for which she received non-partisan support. Both chambers of parliament supported the so-called “DeGette Castle Bill” (MP Michael Castle represented the draft law on the part of the Republicans , hence the name). Only a veto by the president, the first in his term of office, on July 18, 2006 prevented the entry into force.

DeGette is married and has two daughters.

Since January 2007, DeGette has served on the House Page Board , a committee responsible for the House of Representatives student internship program. Eleventh graders can apply as "pages" (office messengers) under this program.

On November 26, 2007, DeGette announced their support for Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy . In return, she was named Vice Chair of Clinton's Health Care Policy Task Force and Advisor on Stem Cell Research. DeGette is one of the so-called super delegates who decide on the establishment of the Democratic presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August 2008. However, on February 5, 2007 , the Democrats largely voted for Barack Obama at the Colorado Caucus .

DeGette's first book Sex, Science, and Stem Cells was published in August 2008 .

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personal data
SURNAME DeGette, Diana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DeGette, Diana Louise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Tachikawa , Japan