Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced her selection of 10 local projects she will champion through the federal appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2027 — projects that could collectively bring nearly $25 million in direct federal investment to Denver communities.
Champion 10 local projects through the federal appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2027 to seek nearly $25 million in direct federal investment for Denver communities.
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I have championed are exactly what Congress should be laser focused on. Today's announcement is just the beginning. My job now is to fight to make every single one of these projects law.
Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) today announced her selection of 10 local projects she will champion through the federal appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2027 — projects that could collectively bring nearly $25 million in direct federal investment to Denver communities.
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Homepage featured the March 31, 2026 item "DeGette Champions 10 Projects, Totaling Nearly $25 Million in Federal Investment for Denver," stating that she announced 10 local projects she would champion through the FY2027 appropriations process and that they could collectively bring nearly $25 million to Denver communities.
The House Appropriations Committee said on April 22, 2026 that it advanced interim subcommittee allocations for Fiscal Year 2027 and that the FY27 appropriations process was moving forward, but this release did not identify any award of funds for DeGette's Denver projects.
The FY27 community project funding page says the deadline has passed, that Congresswoman DeGette will choose up to twenty Community Project Funding requests to submit to the House Appropriations Committee, and that a list of the submitted requests will be posted on the page once finalized.
The committee's FY27 information page states that information regarding FY27 CPF requests and included projects will be posted when available, indicating no finalized public inclusion record yet for the Denver requests on that page.
The FY27 bill text and reports page shows several subcommittees with CPF tables still marked 'Forthcoming,' including Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Energy and Water Development, which are relevant to Denver-oriented community projects.
Assessments
The promise concerns FY2027 community project funding, which is still in process as of May 21, 2026. DeGette announced 10 Denver projects totaling nearly $25 million and began the appropriations push, but the House Appropriations materials do not yet show finalized inclusion, enacted appropriations, or delivered funding. Because the promised federal appropriations outcome has not yet reached a final pass/fail point, it remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.