Press Releases

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Land Management's Record of Decision granting approval of the Over The River temporary art installation.

WASHINGTON – The following is Rep. DeGette's Opening Statement as prepared for delivery at today's Business Meeting of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations:

Mr. Chairman, this is a sad day in the annals of this august Subcommittee.

Washington, DC— Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A.

WASHINGTON– U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today inresponse to the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the Defense of MarriageAct. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of current and former gay andlesbian service members who had been denied equal military family benefits, andRep.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today after the 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals announced their ruling upholding the Clinton-era Roadless Rule. Thanks to this ruling most logging and roadbuilding is now prohibited on nearly 50 million acres of national forest land.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today following President Barack Obama's announcement that the U.S. will withdraw completely from Iraq by the end of the year.

Washington, DC— Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to Jensen Farms to request a staff briefing on the recent outbreak of Listeria that originated in cantaloupe at the farm in Granada, Colorado.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette issued the following statement today following the death of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Gadhafi was killed while attempting to flee the city of Sirte.