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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement today after stocks fell sharply on the backs of weak employment and manufacturing reports.

WASHINGTON – Tonight, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-1) voted "Yes" on H.R. 1954 "Debt Limit Extension," raising our nation's debt ceiling in order to enable our government to pay its obligations. DeGette issued the following statement in response to the House vote in which this critical measure failed, 318 to 97.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) joined her colleagues, Reps. Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey in requesting an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," in natural gas production. In the letter, the committee democratic leaders note that "investigative reports we have released, peer-reviewed studies of shale gas production, news reports of spills and contamination, and regulatory action in three different agencies have raised numerous concerns about the practice of hydraulic fracturing."

Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), and Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) were yesterday joined by 40 other members of the House of Representatives in a letter to President Obama requesting that he enforce the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and preserve our nation's pristine wild and public lands. The recently passed long term continuing resolution, H.R.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1), co-chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, today took to the floor of the House as the chamber debated H.R. 3, the so-called "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," the most extreme assault on women's health in a generation. The bill would expand restrictions on women's access to full reproductive health care, and prevent individuals and small businesses from obtaining legal, comprehensive private health insurance, without being subjected to a tax increase.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement following the President's announcement that United States forces have killed Osama Bin Laden.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1), Congress's leading voice on ethical embryonic stem cell (ESC) research issued the following statement in response to a U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Sherley v. Sebelius to vacate the preliminary injunction halting federal funding for ethical ESC research. In a 2-1 decision, the Court ruled that plaintiffs seeking to ban the use of federal funds were unlikely to succeed on the merits of their case.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) joined her colleagues, Reps. Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey, in releasing a new report that provides the first comprehensive national inventory of chemicals used by hydraulic fracturing companies during the drilling process. The report revealed extraordinarily high levels of carcinogens being injected into the ground on fracking projects all across the country, with Colorado having some of the highest levels in the nation.