Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Following is a comment from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) on the House Judiciary Committee's vote today to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, a move she supports and will vote for when it reaches the full House:

DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) unveiled new legislation today to designate more than 740,000 acres in 33 areas of Colorado as federally-protected wilderness.

"Colorado's public lands are what set us apart from the rest of the country," DeGette said at a news conference Monday to announce the plan. "They are the reason why so many of us are so proud to call Colorado home, and they are the reason why so many people from across the country flock here to visit each year."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation today to permanently protect nearly 60 million acres of undeveloped national forest in 39 states.

The legislation – known as the Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2019 – would make permanent the U.S. Forest Service's so-called roadless rule, which it put in place in 2001 to limit road construction and timber harvesting in 58.5 million acres of undeveloped forests throughout the country – including 4.2 million acres in Colorado.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to newly-issued Department of Justice guidelines, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Jason Crow (D-CO) sent a letter today to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan urging them to retract new federal guidelines that prohibit the naturalization of legal permanent residents who have been employed in Colorado's legal cannabis industry, and replace them with a policy that's more consistent with the Cole Memorandum.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) issued the following statement after Attorney General William Barr's testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

"The attorney general of the United States is the people's lawyer, responsible for enforcing the nation's laws evenly and equally, regardless of anyone's title or position. Attorney General Barr has shown over and over that he is either unwilling or unable to do that when it comes to evaluating the actions of the president and, for that reason alone, he should resign immediately."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement:

"The Mueller report details many instances in which President Trump actively attempted to interfere with the investigation into his campaign's potentially treasonous ties with Russia. The president's actions are clearly beneath the high personal, ethical and legal standards our founders envisioned in the executive branch, and, as such, constitute a prima facie case to trigger an impeachment investigation.

DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) said today it's "unacceptable" that the future state of Colorado's economy lies in the hands of one person.

DeGette, who made the comments while meeting Tuesday with a group of local marijuana and marijuana-related businessowners, decried the current state of affairs that she says has given the U.S. attorney general the power to unilaterally decide whether Colorado's budding marijuana industry is allowed to continue to grow, or is suddenly shutdown – stripping the state of one of its key economic drivers.