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DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today following the Department of Defense's final implementation of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." As Vice-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Caucus, Rep. DeGette played a critical role in the passage of repeal legislation.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette issued the following statement today after President Barack Obama announced his plan to responsibly reduce the deficit. The President's plan achieves net savings of $3 trillion over the next decade, which is above and beyond the $1.3 trillion targeted by the debt Supercommittee, and more than enough to offset the cost of the American Jobs Act.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairman Cliff Stearns urging him to invite representatives from Argonaut Private Equity and Madrone Capital Partners to testify on their investment in Solyndra.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today following House passage of H.R. 2587, which would strip the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of its ability to restore jobs to workers who are illegally punished for exercising their right to organize.
WASHINGTON– U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) released the following statement afterlistening to President Barack Obama outline his bipartisan plan to get Americaback to work.
"Whilewe were home for the district work period, every Member of Congress heard thesame refrain again and again– Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. The American people arefrustrated with a stagnant economy and with a government that is not addressingtheir most urgent needs.
Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) is joining governors, business owners, and local leaders in support of Great Outdoors Week, August 20-28. This national celebration recognizes the recreational, environmental and economic value of America's public lands and highlights the importance of protecting Colorado's national parks and natural resources from industrial development. The event comes in advance of Congress' vote on legislation that would open up more than 60 million acres of public lands to new development, including new road-building, coal mining, and oil and gas development.
WASHINGTON– As the author of the FRAC Act (FracturingResponsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act) and the leading House voice onresponsible hydraulic fracturing, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today issued thefollowing statement in response to the Department of Energy's Natural GasSubcommittee report on improving the safety of fracking.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1)tonight issued the following statement regarding her vote against the debtceiling deal agreed to by Congressional leaders. The bill passed the House of Representativesby 269 – 161, and now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass, andeventually be signed into law by the President.
WASHINGTON-- US Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response toSpeaker Boehner's politically-motivated, and completely symbolic, vote on theReid plan to address the debt ceiling. DeGette voted for the bill as a morebalanced approach to address the looming default crisis than any of theunworkable solutions proposed by the House Republicans.
U.S.Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to passageof the House Republican's plan to address the looming default crisis. OnThursday, DeGette, who joined with the entire Democratic caucus in votingagainst Speaker Boehner's proposal, cosponsored H.R. 2663, the "America Paysits Bills Act," which would simply raise the debt ceiling to avoid the firstdefault crisis in our nation's history.