DeGette Statement On Continuing Resolution Vote

WASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement regarding her vote against the latest House Republican version of a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government after September 30, 2013.

“Once again, the Republican majority has placed its own extreme ideology over the good of the American people. House Leadership forced yet another vote on legislation rife with poison pills, and in so doing, has brought us to the brink of a government shutdown. This is not a politically responsible way to act, nor is it in keeping with our duty to citizens of this country.

“We now stand on the brink of a shutdown that will cause instability in the markets, and a looming debt ceiling battle that could devastate our economy. It is time for the House Leadership to stop being held hostage by the ideological stubbornness of a small number of its Members, and instead break the logjam by doing what our Congress has done for centuries: working cooperatively across the aisle on behalf of the American people.”