DENVER -- Prior to the vote on health care reform, members of Colorado's congressional delegation spoke on the House floor and have released the following statements:

Colorado's senior member of the delegation, Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., read the following statement on the floor of the House:

"Madame Speaker, just as when building a house, you have to first put down a foundation. Today, we are laying the foundation for a health care system that will provide every American access to high-quality care.

A foundation that will immediately ban insurance companies from dropping people from coverage when they get sick -- people like my childhood friend who lost his insurance when he got prostate cancer and later died too soon.

A foundation that will, beginning this year will give tax credits to small businesses so they can offer affordable coverage to their employees; a foundation that will now give parents of young adults the ability to keep their kids on their policies while they start their careers; a foundation that will finally give adults with pre-existing conditions the ability to buy affordable insurance.

And starting right away, insurance companies cannot exclude children like my own young daughter who have chronic conditions, such as diabetes or asthma, from coverage.

Madame Speaker, this bill is just a foundation -- we still need to build upon it. But it sets up a good, strong, foundation -- one that will serve us now and in the years to come. Vote yes on this historic bill."

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., said the following after attending an immigration reform rally in Washington D.C.:

"The passage of health care reform today only highlights the need for comprehensive immigration reform. Undocumented Americans will not be allowed to buy insurance through the health insurance marketplace, making it more critical than ever before for the U.S. to normalize immigrants' status, so that they pay their fair share and buy insurance like everyone else.

I hear from concerned cities and counties across Colorado about the costs of providing health care to a large undocumented population, but only the federal government can fix our broken immigration system. That's why both opponents and supporters of health care reform agree that comprehensive immigration reform is critical to saving money in health care."

On the Web site of Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., the Congressman writes:

"In my district, and in all of Rural America, finding a doctor who will take Medicare patients is becoming harder and harder. This bill will give all primary doctors in rural America a 10 percent increase in reimbursement to take Medicare patients. Under this bill, any American who has insurance will be able to keep their doctor and their plan. Any American who doesn't have insurance will be able to get insurance. For seniors, the bill strengthens Medicare by improving benefits in both the short and long term, making Medicare sustainable for years to come."

On Thursday, Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., released the following statement:

"After closely studying the compromise health care reform bill and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's fiscal analysis of it, I have decided to support it. In November, I made clear that I wanted to see a bill that meets the goals of affordability and coverage, improved access, and that is also fiscally sustainable in the long-term. This bill does all those things and more. It contains a series of tough cost containment provisions beyond those in the bill passed by the House, designed to bring down the skyrocketing costs of health care and reduce the deficit. In fact, this is the biggest deficit reduction bill to come before Congress in over a decade.

This isn't about politics. This is about bringing down health care costs and doing what's right for the people of Colorado, and I'm proud to support this historic bill."

In a Thursday phone interview with the local FOX affiliate in Colorado Springs, Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., said the following:

"I am absolutely opposed and will vote against Obama Care in its current or any other form that he may come up with. There is going to be a revolution in November if the Democrats want to push this."

On Twitter, Mike Coffman, R-Colo., tweets, "This bill contains so many sweetheart deals and giveaways. It's sickening."

You can watch Rep. Ed Perlmutter's, D-Colo., House floor comments here