September 27, 2007 Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), lead the charge to include more energy efficiency standards in a bill reauthorizing the HOPE VI public housing program (HR 3524). In the September 26, 2007, House Financial Services Committee markup, Perlmutter, as chair of the Financial Services Committee Energy Efficiency Task Force, spearheaded the inclusion of provisions requiring public housing authorities to institute Green Communities, LEED, or other similarly approved energy ...
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September 25, 2007 Today, Rep. Ed Perlmutter joined a majority of the House of Representatives in reauthorizing the bipartisan Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP was created in 1997 to provide health care coverage for children in families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to afford private insurance. Over the last ten years, 6.6 million children nationwide have enrolled in CHIP. Nationwide, the bill will provide health care coverage for more than 10 million ...
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September 18, 2007 Today, US Rep. Ed Perlmutter joined an overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives in supporting HR 1852, “Expanding America’s Homeownership Act of 2007.” The House passed the bill 348-72. In the wake of high foreclosures and instability in the mortgage markets, this bill revitalizes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), providing critical aid to those in need of mortgage assistance. Hundreds of thousands of American families are concerned about losing their home...
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September 13, 2007 Below is Rep. Perlmutter’s statement in anticipation of President Bush’s address to the nation tonight concerning Iraq: “Tonight the President will announce he will possibly withdraw up to 30,000 troops from Iraq by July of 2008, which would leave 130,000 troops in Iraq. This is no change from the end of 2006, when we had 130,000 troops in Iraq. The American people sent a clear message in November that they wanted a reduction from that 130,000 troop level. Instead, in 2007, th...
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September 10, 2007 Below is Rep. Perlmutter’s statement on the release of General David Petraeus’ Report and testimony before Congress: “I have the utmost respect for Gen. Petraeus and our troops. I agree with him that once again our brave men and women in uniform have performed with bravery and distinction. Eight months after the surge the progress made by the Iraqi government is negligible. The surge was intended to provide breathing room for the Iraqi Parliament and Prime Minister Maliki’s g...
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September 7, 2007 Rep. Perlmutter voted today to approve legislation that would make the single largest investment in college financial aid since the 1944 GI Bill. This legislation will assist over eighty-thousand Colorado students pay for college, and doing so at no new cost to taxpayers. The bill, H.R. 2669, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, now goes to the President’s desk for his signature. Rep. Perlmutter is committed to growing and strengthening Colorado’s middle class. The College C...
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Funds will support North Metro Task Force August 30, 2007 U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) is pleased to announce Commerce City has been awarded the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and will receive $27,812 from the United States Department of Justice. Commerce City will receive the JAG as part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing effort to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies. The JAG will be used to fund the North Metro Task Force, which aims to identify an...
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August 30, 2007 U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) is proud to announce that the Colorado School of Mines has been awarded a $100,000 Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for its Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) program. GNEP seeks to develop worldwide consensus on enabling expanded use of economical, carbon-free nuclear energy to meet growing electricity demand. Colorado School of Mines will use the grant from DOE to fund its Fission Fragment Distribution Detector Development for a res...
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August 30, 2007 U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) is pleased to announce that Aurora Public Schools will receive $207,597 from the United States Department of Education to fund the Readiness and Emergency Management For Schools Program (REMS). Aurora Public Schools will receive the grant as part of the Department of Education’s effort to strengthen and improve emergency response and crisis management plans in local schools. The REMS grant will help the Aurora Public Schools strengthen all four pha...
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