WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to tonight’s breakdown in negotiations over a deal to raise the debt ceiling: 

“I am deeply concerned that with so little time left before the U.S. begins to default on its obligations, Speaker Boehner has once again walked away from the negotiating table. I'm certain at this point my colleagues agree that conflating the debt ceiling deadline with our other critical economic challenges is just too perilous. Therefore I call on the Republican Leadership to join with Democrats in passing a bill to cleanly raise the debt ceiling as early as possible next week. The markets are too volatile and our economy too fragile to continue the sort of gamesmanship that has gotten us to the point where we stand on the verge of irrevocable economic crisis.  It is time for Congress to do the responsible thing and raise the debt ceiling; after which we can work together to take bold action to fix the nation’s underlying economic problems.”

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