"In our view, our jurisdiction is the world... Every time you watch thenightly news, [I] come up with at least three new ideas for hearings."

Rep. Diana DeGette, the Colorado Democrat leading oversight for thepowerful Energy and Commerce Committee, joins POLITICO's Dan Diamond todiscuss why she prioritized hearings on family separations, vow aninvestigation of high insulin prices, reflect on her mentor John Dingelland more.

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DeGette's subcommittee held its first hearing last week, focused on HHS'role in family separations.

DeGette, alongside GOP Rep. Tom Reed, probed the high prices of insulinlast year.

DeGette says she has questions about HHS' new fetal tissue policy.

Planned Parenthood's Leana Wen was on the podcast last week. SenateFinance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley also joined POLITICO in recentweeks to discuss his priorities.

Bob Carey, the former head of the HHS refugee office, joined the podcastlast year to explain the refugee office and his concerns about the Trumpadministration's policies. Rep. Joe Kennedy, who's DeGette's vice-chairon the subcommittee, joined the podcast in 2017 to discuss his careerand focus on health care.