Diana DeGette
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st district |
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Assumed office January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Schroeder |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th district |
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In office 1992–1996 |
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Diana Louise DeGette July 29, 1957 Tachikawa, Japan |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lino Lipinsky |
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Colorado College New York University |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
Diana Louise DeGette /dᵻˈɡɛt/ (born July 29, 1957) is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district, serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Denver. She is currently the dean of the Colorado congressional delegation.
A fourth-generation Coloradan, DeGette was born in Tachikawa, Japan, the daughter of Patricia Anne (née Rose) and Richard Louis DeGette. Her parents were American, and, at the time of her birth, her father was serving in the armed forces. She graduated from Colorado College where she earned a B.A. in political science, and was elected to the Pi Gamma Mu international honor society in 1979. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from New York University in 1982. She then returned to Denver and began a law practice focusing on civil rights and employment litigation.
Long active in Denver politics, she was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1992. She was reelected in 1994 and chosen as assistant minority leader. She authored a law that guarantees Colorado women unobstructed access to abortion clinics and other medical care facilities, also known as the "Bubble Bill". The United States Supreme Court found DeGette's "Bubble Bill" constitutional in Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000). She also authored the state Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act, a model for similar cleanup programs.
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