Honorable Diana DeGette
United States Representative, Colorado, Democrat
Representative DeGette, of the First District of Colorado, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1992 to 1996, where she was Minority Leader from 1994 to 1995. She sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where she is the Ranking Minority Member on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The following is from the March 17, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1076, to prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content. I rise today to express…
