Story originally posted on the coloradostatesman.com on 7/27/13 Click here for the article U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden, also weighed into the debate, calling for more gun control. Speaking from Aurora on Sunday to CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Perlmutter said it is an issue on which Congress needs to act. “Should we reinstate the assault weapons ban? I think we should, and I think that’s where it starts,” said Perlmutter. “We ought to be taking a look at how this guy was able to accumulate so ...
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Story orginally posted on thehill.com on 7/20/12 Click here for the article Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D), whose 7th district includes most of Aurora, said he was "stunned and furious" at the news. "Colorado is not a violent place, but we have some violent people. We are a strong and resilient community, and we will lean on each other in the days, weeks and months to come," he said.
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Story originally published on the POLITICO website on 7/12/12. Click here for the article. "Gardner tried with Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) to help work out a deal in a surface transportation strategy to tie together the Keystone XL pipeline and a four-year extension of a wind production tax credit that is expiring this year."
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Story originally published in The Hill on 6/11/12. Click here for the online article. "Reps. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) and House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced the Civil Liberties Act on Friday, which would amend the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed in May."
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Story originally published in the Denver Post on 6/3/2012. Click here for the online article. "The people in Denver and the metro area are about as active and outdoorsy as in any other part of the country," said Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden. "It's a reputation we maintain and enjoy. Great places like this really draw people to that."
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Story originally published in Real Vail on 5/18/2012 Click here for the online article. “This is a significant turning point for our state,” Perlmutter said. “Through five years of work, more than 40 parties came together to form an agreement to protect our environment and ensure more reliable supplies of water for millions of Coloradans.”
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Story originally published in the Denver Post on 5/20/2012 Click here for the online article. "In tightening down on these things, they have made it more difficult on everybody," Perlmutter said in an interview.
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Story originally published in the USA Today on 4/4/2012 Click here for the online article. "There aren't many heroes in this soul-destroying process, but we found a tiny band of 38 — the 22 Democrats and 16 Republicans who voted for a bipartisan alternative budget based on the proposal from President Obama's fiscal commission in 2010." USA Today
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Story originally published on the Denver Post website on 4/1/2012. Click here to read the article on protecting social media passwords. Perlmutter's "contention is spot on." "It only makes sense because those that are using these kinds of social media have an expectation of privacy," Perlmutter said last week. "They have an expectation that their right to free speech or their right to free religion will be respected when they use these social media outlets."
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