This article was published on 8/19/13. Click here to read the full article. Aware of the ever-increasing problem of denying banking services to a growing industry within the state, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter and others introduced the Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 in the U.S. Congress to resolve the conflict between the state and federal laws, at least as it relates to the banking industry. Read more

This article was published by the Denver Post on August 4, 2013. Click Here for the full article. "Immigration will continue to be an issue until Congress fixes our broken immigration system," Rep. Perlmutter said. Read more

This Article was published by The New York Times on August 1, 2013. Click Here for the full article. This week, in a closed-door meeting of Congressional Democrats with President Obama, Representative Ed Perlmutter of Colorado bluntly said what has been on many politicians’ minds: “Larry Summers. Bad choice.” Read more

This Article was published by the Denver Post on July 21, 2013. Click Here for the full article. "Aurora leaders say they refuse to have their community identified by this crime — they refuse to be viewed through the cracked lens of a mass killer." Read more

This article was published by FOX 31 on July 31st, 2013 Click Here for full article “We need to address the public safety, crime and lost tax revenue associated when these legal and regulated businesses are operating in a cash-only system,” said Perlmutter in a press release announcing the bill earlier this month. “We also need to provide financial institutions assurance that they can make their own business decisions related to legal, financial transactions without fear of regulatory penalties... Read more

This Article was published July 10, 2013. Click here for the full article. “We need to address the public safety, crime and lost tax revenue associated when these legal and regulated businesses are operating in a cash-only system,” Perlmutter said. “We also need to provide financial institutions assurance that they can make their own business decisions related to legal, financial transactions without fear of regulatory penalties or criminal prosecution.” Read more

This article was published by the Denver Post on July 2, 2013. Click Here for the full article. "The VA has added construction management staff in Aurora to speed reviews of change orders, said U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colorado. But there are considerable differences between the VA and Kiewit-Turner about completion dates and how change orders will be resolved, Perlmutter added. Read more

This article was published by Huntington News on June 17, 2013. Click Here for the full article. "Through the hard work of Congressmen Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Jared Polis (D-CO) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and their staff, an important step was achieved for workers who were made ill by their exposures to toxic substances at the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons facilities." Read more

This article was published by Politico on June 5, 2013. Click Here for the Article. Congressman Perlmutter stated, "When you have that [cash-only situation], we’re looking at a public safety issue that we just can avoid right now." Read more

This article was published by News 5 KOAA on June 05, 2013. Click Here for the Article. Congressman Perlmutter stated, "We need to address the public safety, crime and lost tax revenue associated when these legal and regulated businesses operate in a cash-only system. We also need to provide financial institutions assurance that they can make their own business decisions related to legal financial transactions without fear of regulatory penalties or criminal prosecution." Read more