DeGette Statement on Omnibus Appropriations Bill

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following statement opposing the omnibus appropriations legislation that includes numerous policy provisions that are unrelated to the need to fund government operations through next September:

"The American public is sick of back-room deals made in order to perform Congress's most fundamental job: keeping the government open and operating. I cannot support an omnibus appropriations bill that includes policy riders rolling back reforms to the banking system and allowing a ten-fold increase in campaign donations to political parties. Special treatment for the wealthy and influential should not be the price of avoiding a shutdown. The American people deserve better, and time is quickly running out for this Congress to deliver."