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Member of Congress, Colorado's 1st Congressional District. Senior member of Energy and Commerce Committee.

Denver, CO
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Joined April 2009
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  1. 18 hours ago

    ICYMI - We passed a sweeping new elections reform bill yesterday to make it easier for people to vote and stop the flood of unlimited dark money that’s corrupting our democracy. Now, we need the Senate to step up and do the same.

    31 replies 40 retweets 195 likes
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  2. Mar 8

    Unbelievable. The Trump administration is planning to take $385 million away from various health programs – incl. cancer and Alzheimer’s research – to spend it on housing undocumented children trying to cross the border. That’s outrageous! We should be doing exactly the opposite.

    19 replies 45 retweets 108 likes
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  3. Mar 7

    BIG WIN: A judge just ruled the Trump administration must enact an Obama-era rule meant to ensure minority students are provided the same access to education as all other children in this country. This is something I’ve been working on for a while, and will continue to fight for.

    8 replies 23 retweets 114 likes
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  4. Mar 7

    I just took to the House floor to urge all my colleagues to get in this fight and help us pass to end the flood of unlimited, undisclosed money that’s corrupting our democracy. This is, without a doubt, one of the most important issues we will take on this year.

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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 7

    Tmrw, will vote on , the Act. This act would: 💰Take “HUUUGE” money out of politics 🧹 Clean up corruption 🗳️Ensure fair elections This bill is revolutionary b/c it's created -- Not 👏🏿Special 👏🏿Interests👏🏿

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  6. Mar 6

    The fight to is officially back on! Our Energy and Commerce committee is already hard at work on legislation to restore the rules that the FCC took away. We'll be holding a hearing on this important bill, which I’m a proud sponsor of, next week.

    6 replies 16 retweets 48 likes
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  7. Mar 6

    We should be working to make it easier, not harder, for people to vote. That’s what would do. It would make it easier to register, easier to cast your ballot and easier to count your vote. It would also help restore the Voting Rights Act protections that were stripped away.

    8 replies 16 retweets 74 likes
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  8. Mar 5

    This is BIG: The American Medical Association just joined in suing to block President Trump’s Title X Gag Rule. AMA says withholding information about abortions, or any other healthcare-related options, from patients goes against its Code of Medical Ethics.

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  9. Mar 5

    This week we are going to be bringing an ambitious set of democratic reforms to the House floor for a vote. It’s known as and the goal is simple: return power to the people, restore faith in our democracy and end the .

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  10. Retweeted
    Mar 4

    Thank you for speaking to the 4th graders today! were so excited and proud to be a part of the morning! ELK's Student Coordinator Yesica Chavez also spoke to the students about the importance of getting outdoors!

    Great spending time with these 4th grade students at Denver’s Escuela de Guadalupe today to talk about the importance of preserving our national parks. I told them how I'm fighting to let all 4th graders visit our public lands for free. They told me "how awesome that would be."
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  11. Mar 4

    Great spending time with these 4th grade students at Denver’s Escuela de Guadalupe today to talk about the importance of preserving our national parks. I told them how I'm fighting to let all 4th graders visit our public lands for free. They told me "how awesome that would be."

    5 replies 3 retweets 32 likes
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  12. Mar 4

    Glad to see steps are being taken by some to reduce the cost of insulin, but we still have a long way to go to make it truly affordable for all. The fact that insulin has gone from $20/vial in 1996 to $275/vial today is unfathomable – and we are going to continue to investigate.

    With anger over high drug prices rising, Eli Lilly offers half-price version of its top-selling insulin drug. reports.
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  13. Mar 4

    Teens’ use of e-cigs is skyrocketing in the U.S. Experts say kid-friendly flavors of nicotine (i.e. Gummy Bear & Cotton Candy) are causing this spike. To better protect our kids, I am filing a bill to ban the sale of these e-cig flavors:

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  14. Retweeted
    Mar 4

    announces new legislation to crack down on teen vaping by banning kid-friendly flavors in e-cigarettes gummy bear, cotton candy and tutti fruitti

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  15. Mar 1

    If President Trump thought he was going to be able issue a domestic gag rule in this country without a fight, he’s gravely mistaken. Here’s the letter we just sent to HHS challenging the legality of this shameful rule:

    7 replies 14 retweets 55 likes
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  16. Feb 28

    How do we stop this current outbreak of measles in the U.S.? That’s what our committee is investigating, and that was the topic of our hearing yesterday in which we had both the CDC and NIH in to answer some very important questions.

    31 replies 15 retweets 61 likes
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  17. Feb 27

    For the first time in decades, the House just voted to pass a commonsense gun safety measure. So proud of all my colleagues who stood with us to pass this bill requiring a background check on all gun sales. This never would have happened if GOP still in control.

    14 replies 24 retweets 140 likes
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  18. Feb 27

    Proud to join my colleagues as a cosponsor of the bill introduced today. We must find ways to make healthcare more affordable and more accessible for all Americans.

    11 replies 10 retweets 53 likes
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  19. Feb 27

    159 people in 10 states have now been infected with measles. This highly-contagious disease was virtually eliminated in the U.S. At 10am EST, our Oversight panel will be asking the CDC how this happened and what’s being done to stop the spread. Watch here:

    12 replies 14 retweets 30 likes
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  20. Feb 26

    President Trump used the power of his office to declare a fake national emergency. We just used ours to terminate it. The president needs to understand that we are not going to sit back and allow him to tear up the Constitution, ignore the will of the people and do as he pleases.

    16 replies 28 retweets 157 likes
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