February 18, 2009 Today, Rep. Ed Perlmutter, (CO-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement concerning President Obama’s new Housing plan announced today. “Today, the Administration announced its new plan to aid homeowners who are facing foreclosures. Hardworking Coloradans will benefit greatly from this new plan. The foreclosure crisis is at the center of the economic storm. Colorado’s 7th Congressional District has some of the highest mortgage forec... Read more

February 17, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (C0-07) attended the historic signing into law of H.R. 1, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, by President Barack Obama at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. H.R. 1 was approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 246-183 last Friday. “After months of bad news, Americans have something to smile about today. This bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama will rebuild , makes us more energy independent, transf... Read more

February 13, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), a member of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement about HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act tomorrow is a positive step towards creating or saving 3.5 million jobs now, investing in our future and avoiding a deeper recession in our nation. In Colorado, this bill will create 60,000 jobs – 7,500 of which are in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. Companies in... Read more

February 13, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee praised the decision by some of the nation’s largest banks, including JP Morgan Chase and Citi, to institute a moratorium on home foreclosures. Citi’s plan includes a moratorium on foreclosures for Citi-owned first mortgage loans for primary residences and will extend until the Obama Administration finalizes details of its loan modification program or March 12, 2009. JP Morgan Chase’s pla... Read more

February 11, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee will question the CEOs from many of the largest banks who received TARP funds from the federal government. The following CEOs are testifying today before the House Financial Services Committee at a hearing entitled “TARP Accountability: Use of Federal Assistance by the First TARP Recipients.” Mr. Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.; Mr. James Dim... Read more

February 11, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement after the announcement by Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to withhold a cost of living pay raise for Congress in FY 2010. “I applaud Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer’s decision to forgo the FY 2010 cost of living adjustment (COLA) pay-raise for members of Congress. We are in tough economic times and we are in this together. Congress has the responsibility to set an example of fiscal responsi... Read more

February 10, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), a member of the House Financial Services Committee released the following statement about Treasury Sec. Geithner’s announcement of the Administration’s financial rescue plan. “These hard economic times are impacting Americans across the board. As Sec. Geithner noted, it took a long time for our economy to get to this level, and it’s going to take work to restore confidence in our markets and get credit flowing to businesses and individual... Read more

February 6, 2009 U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), is pleased to announce the Fairmount Fire Protection District will receive $342,016 as part of the FY 2008 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant program. The SAFER grant is part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program. “The Fairmount Fire Protection District and surrounding community is experiencing rapid growth and development. This SAFER grant will allow for the fire de... Read more

February 6, 2009 In the wake of recent jobs report, and with the Colorado unemployment rate at the highest level in five years, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) is urging Congress to take decisive action to pass the Economic Recovery Act on behalf of all Coloradans. New labor department statistics released last week place the Colorado unemployment rate at 6.1%, an increase of 2.1% from December of 2007. “The time to act is now,” stressed Perlmutter. “The people of Colorado have charged their rep... Read more

February 6, 2009 Today, U.S. Rep Ed Perlmutter released the following statement in recognition of Black History Month: “Celebrating Black History month is particularly important in this historic year. Millions of Americans voted to make Barack Obama the first African American President of the . This week, Eric H. Holder Jr. was sworn in as the first African American Attorney General. In Colorado, Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll joined Senate President Peter Groff, and for the first time i... Read more