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When we set out to reform health care, one of our major priorities was ending the practice of charging women more than men for the same insurance. The Affordable Care Act addresses this in a number of ways, including a ban on gender discrimination in health programs and requiring health insurance plans to cover critical women's health services including mammograms, maternity care, and oral contraception at no extra cost.
WASHINGTON, DC – Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today provided a progress report on the committee’s investigation into General Motors Company’s (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag non-deployment, and ignition switch problems. GM CEO Mary Barra and NHTSA Acting Administrator David Friedman are both confirmed to testify at a hearing on April 1, now beginning at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
DENVER, CO – As the Detroit News reported today, General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Bara will testify on April 1, 2014 before the Energy & Commerce’s Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee following GM’s recall that is linked to 13 deaths due to the faulty ignition switch that causes airbag failure. The Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee – on which U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) serves as Ranking Member – will also hear from The National Highway Traffic Safety (NHSTA) Acting Administrator David Friedman.
DENVER, CO – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) issued the following statement on the Affordable Care Act, which marks its fourth anniversary this Sunday, March 23:
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that Rachel Napierkowski, a senior at Bishop Machebeuf High School, has won Colorado’s First Congressional District Art Competition with her pen and ink piece entitled, “The King Crane”.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01) and John D. Dingell (D-MI12) wrote to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) urging regulators to set safety standards for tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) that span the life of a vehicle.
“While safety standards for new vehicles were set a few years ago, nothing has been done to extend these standards throughout a vehicle’s life,” said DeGette. “Providing this clarity is critical to improving the safety of our vehicles.”
WASHINGTON, DC— Today Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Tim Murphy requesting a hearing on the impact of states' refusal to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act on uninsured Americans suffering from mental illness and substance abuse.
Federal safety regulators received more than 260 complaints over the last 11 years about General Motors vehicles that suddenly turned off while being driven, but they declined to investigate the problem, which G.M. now says is linked to 13 deaths and requires the recall of more than 1.6 million cars worldwide.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (C0-01) urged her colleagues to focus on the priorities that the American people want Congress to address and stop spending taxpayers’ time passing grandstanding bills. Rep. DeGette did so after House passage of H.R. 4118, which marked the 50th vote by House Republicans to repeal and undermine the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01) offered the following comment after the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board issued a new report advising the full disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing: