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U.S. Representative — Colorado's 1st District

Diana DeGette

Democrat · Colorado

Democrat U.S. Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9392 — Medicare Advantage Cost Transparency Act (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
  • H.R.8432 — To provide the Food and Drug Administration needed authorities to carry out its regulatory mission with respect to human foods, to provide additional resources and authorities with respect to human foods research, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Apr 22, 2026)
  • H.R.7425 — Colorado Wilderness Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 9, 2026)
  • H.R.7173 — Follow the Science Act (Introduced, Jan 21, 2026)
  • H.R.6082 — Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 18, 2025)
    Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2025 This bill modifies drinking water requirements concerning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations, including by giving the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to protect groundwater sources (e.g., wells) from certain…
  • H.R.5621 — Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 30, 2025)
    Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2025 This bill expands certain health professional programs and Medicare covered services to include physical therapists. Specifically, the bill expands the National Health Service Corps to include physical therapists and provides for the…
  • H.R.5461 — Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 18, 2025)
  • H.R.4778 — For the relief of Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez. (Introduced, Jul 25, 2025)
    This bill provides for the relief of Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez.

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.4667 — VISIBLE Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.5350 — FAIR Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.5152 — BOP Release Card ID Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.6145 — EXPERTS Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.8592 — No WAR Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.1628 — 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
  • H.R.4664 — Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)

Voting analysis

Health accounts for a commanding share of Diana DeGette's classified filings — more than her next three subjects together — and she is ranking member of the health subcommittee at Energy and Commerce. That is one of the cleanest matches between assignment and output anywhere on this site.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Diana DeGette's cluster into: Health (25), Environmental Protection (7), Energy (5), Crime and Law Enforcement (3), Public Lands and Natural Resources (3), Science, Technology, Communications (2).

Two of them are Colorado

The named bills split. On the committee's ground: new regulatory authorities and research resources for the food side of the drug regulator's remit, and a Medicare cost transparency measure. Then a follow-the-science act. Then two that belong to the state rather than the panel — a Colorado wilderness bill, and a chemical disclosure requirement for hydraulic fracturing, which is a bill about what companies must say is in the fluid they push into the ground.

249
Bills sponsored
4477
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

Where she broke ranks

Three noes against her caucus on measures that passed anyway — daylight saving, organised retail crime, and the consolidated spending act — and two yeses it withheld, on a war powers resolution and a fuel retailing bill, both of which failed. Five departures, none of which changed anything.

A Californian elsewhere on this site has precisely the same five votes, in the same directions. Two members from different states, on different committees, whose entire record of disagreement with their party is identical.

2.3%
Votes against the Democrat majority
214
Roll calls where a party majority formed
146 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 5 roll calls where Diana DeGette voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Motion to Recommit · roll call 163		May 13, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.2853
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 157		May 12, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
On Passage · roll call 45		Jan 22, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Above the Colorado Democrats

She departs more than the four-member Colorado Democratic House group does on average.

Among the 4 Democrats in the Colorado delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 2.3%. Diana DeGette is above that average at 2.3%.

Tenure and attendance

Fifteen terms reaching back to the closing years of the nineteen-nineties, with a modest number of votes missed.

First elected in 1997, now serving across 15 terms. Diana DeGette falls in the veteran cohort.

2.7%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
6
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Diana DeGette has 249 bills sponsored, 4477 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Energy
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Health (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Oversight and Investigations

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