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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.

WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1), Congress'sleading voice on ethical embryonic stem cell (ESC) research issued thefollowing statement in response to U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth'sdecision to dismiss the Sherley v. Sebelius lawsuit challenging federal fundingof ESC research.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) today sent the following letter to President Barack Obama, Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling on them to break the partisan gridlock gripping Washington by initiating a simplified process that would resolve the pending default crisis, ensure deficit reduction, and preserve the long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. The signed letter can be found here, and the text is as follows:

WASHINGTON– Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) introduced the Research Participants Protection Act, a bill designed to modernizeand improve our nation's system for safeguarding the volunteers who participatein research trials to find cures and treatments for diseases. Patients in these trials have lost theirlives, or become injured or severely ill, due to inadequate protections to keepthem safe, discouraging some people from participating in research studies.