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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Donna Shalala (D-FL) introduced legislation today that would require health insurers to cover the full cost of coronavirus tests for any American who has health insurance through their employer, or who has purchased a health plan through the ACA exchange.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation today to increase the diagnostic testing capabilities of health laboratories across the country, in part to better respond to emerging public health threats, such as the novel coronavirus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bipartisan emergency funding package to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The legislation – supported by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) – will provide state and federal agencies $8.3 billion to slow the spread of the virus in the U.S.

DeGette, others call on Trump to appoint coronavirus czar to coordinate federal government’s response

TicketMaster, StubHub among those being investigated by the committee

Measure is the largest Colorado wilderness-protection package House has approved in 40 years

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced legislation today to oppose the Trump administration’s plan to gut the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to approve a massive new wilderness-protection package this week that seeks to permanently protect 1.37 million acres of federal land in three states, including over 600,000 acres in Colorado.