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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today applauded the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) award to Colorado health care organizations by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Secretary Sebelius announced awards totaling $27.8 million – over $2 million in Colorado – to health center-controlled networks and large multi-site health centers to implement Electronic Health Records (EHR) and other health information technology (HIT) innovations.

WASHINGTON – As health insurance premiums continue to skyrocket, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today joined her colleagues in the House of Representatives to introduce legislation eliminating a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies. The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act would repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act exemption from certain antitrust violations, including price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocations.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today supported legislation that makes the largest single investment in aid to help students and families pay for college in history. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will expand access to an affordable college education, transform early education opportunities, and build a world-class community college system, passed the House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote of 253 to 171.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette today joined her colleagues as an original cosponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The measure was introduced in the House of Representatives today by U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), John Lewis (D-GA), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), and Barbara Lee (D-CA), with a total of 88 original cosponsors.