Bennet, Perlmutter Urge Federal Government to Review Decision Denying Access to Compensation Program for Rocky Flats Workers Exposed to Plutonium

Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter (CO-7) today called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the agency’s denial of a petition to add a new class of Rocky Flats worke...

Perlmutter Re-introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Understanding and Forecasting of Space Weather

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7) and Mo Brooks (R-AL-5) introduced the Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act. This bipartisan legislation is aimed at expa...

PERLMUTTER, 132 DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS URGE SENATE ACTION ON HOUSE-PASSED BILLS IN WAKE OF DEADLY SHOOTINGS

Washington, D.C. – As Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) today joined Chairman Mike Thompson (CA-05) and 131 Members of the House Democratic Caucus in writing to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel...

U.S. House passes legislation to crack down on voter suppression

The U.S. House passed legislation on Friday that would give the federal government broader authority to police voting rights violations across the country. The bill, a top priority for House Democrats, passed by a vote of 228-187, with just one Repub...

Majority of Colorado’s congressional Democrats sign on to court brief supporting reproductive rights

Most of the Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation have added their names to a brief in a pending Supreme Court case which could further limit the reproductive rights of women. Thirty-six senators and 161 representatives “seek to p...

Colorado’s representatives ask Trump administration to stay the course on methane rule

Over 70 members of Congress, including three from the Colorado delegation, have written to the Trump Administration asking to maintain an Obama-era rule to capture methane. “Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases driving climate change — ...

Over the years, I have worked with members of the delegation to try and

cut the red tape for former Rocky Flats workers but some former workers and constituents are still having trouble qualifying for benefits they deserve. Today, Senator Michael Bennet and I called on the Department of Health and Human Services to review the agency’s denial of a petition to add a new class of Rocky Flats workers...

As of today, more than 300 House-passed bills are sitting on Senate Leader

McConnell's desk, 275 of which are bipartisan....

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