Diana DeGette Quotes

• Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about.

  Diana DeGette

  Badass, Mean, Debate

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• If you ban them in the future, the number of these high-capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available.

  Diana DeGette

  Gun, Numbers, Magazines

  "Democratic rep ridiculed for fumbling facts on gun magazines". www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2013.

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• Embryonic stem cell research wears no political stripes - it is embraced by conservatives, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

  Diana DeGette

  Cells, Political, Stripes

  "Another Opportunity for President Bush To Do The Right Thing" by Rep. Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2007.

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• With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world toward a sustainable future.

  Diana DeGette

  Support, Generations, Citizens

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• The United States has never been afraid of a challenge. In times of crisis, it is American innovation and ingenuity that has forged the path to progress and prosperity.

  Diana DeGette

  Challenges, Innovation, Progress

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• While we won't be able to help the 10,000 people who died in last year's [Ebola] outbreak, we can do something to save untold numbers of lives in the future if NIH is working at full strength.

  Diana DeGette

  Strength, Ebola, Years

  "Does the US drug approval process need an overhaul?" by Lacie Glover, www.foxnews.com. July 1, 2015.

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• We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to even greater heights. They could become surgeons, CEOs, supreme court justices, secretary of state, and even president of the United States. We didn't teach our daughters that they were second-class citizens.

  Diana DeGette

  Mom, Daughter, Badass

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• This is the national equivalent of having no savings, your credit card maxed out, you didn't renew your insurance, and now your house has burned down. The only way we can start to solve this is rolling back the tax cuts for the rich, which would save about $70 billion.

  Diana DeGette

  Cutting, House, Saving

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• A public option is essential to creating the cost-savings necessary to offset the cost of providing all Americans access to affordable health care.

  Diana DeGette

  Creating, Essentials, Saving

  "Tearing Down the Barriers to Competition" by Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• By giving the FDA adequate resources and authority to both prevent outbreaks and intervene once they appear, we can support the administration's efforts to reassure the parents of America that the food they feed their children is the product of the safest system in the world.

  Diana DeGette

  Children, Fda, America

  "What’s Needed to Protect Our Nation’s Food Supply" by Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2009.

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• Individual companies now have the voluntary responsibility of recalling their own products. While many companies have acted properly and swiftly to recall contaminated goods, the delay between the identification of tainted foods and the company's decision to recall those foods leads to the needless sickness of too many Americans.

  Diana DeGette

  Responsibility, Decision, Delay

  "What’s Needed to Protect Our Nation’s Food Supply" by Rep. Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2009.

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• My sisters and I were encouraged to choose the direction of our lives.

  Diana DeGette

  Badass, My Sister, Our Lives

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• As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.

  Diana DeGette

  Cost, Care, Driving

  "Tearing Down the Barriers to Competition" by Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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