Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse and the entire bipartisan Colorado delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging swift support for Governor Polis’s request to designate Colorado’s wildfires as a Major Disaster to bring in needed recovery funds for the state. “Devastating wildfires have occurred across our state, forcing evacuations, threatening air and water quality, and ... Read more »

Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) today applauded the passage of H.R. 133, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. “While additional relief should have come months ago, I’m glad Congress reached agreement on a COVID relief package to extend several programs such as rental assistance, student loan deferment, and small business funding while providing sup... Read more »

On December 8, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with permanent authorization of the Office of the Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP). Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) and Congressman Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) worked through the entire bill process to ensure this critical legisl... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, the entire Colorado Congressional Delegation released a joint statement celebrating this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, which traveled from Western Colorado to Washington, D.C. in November, ahead of the lighting ceremony in our nation’s capital: “From the spread of the coronavirus to the economic downturn, this year has challenged us all. But through these challenges... Read more »

With questions beginning to swirl around the prospect of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) headquarters moving back to Washington D.C. from Grand Junction, Colorado, a senior Democrat and long-standing supporter of the relocation of the headquarters to Colorado told Western Wire he wants to see a robust presence remain in the state. “I continue to support a strong BLM presence in Colorado which ... Read more »

The four Democratic members of Colorado’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation wrote to the departments of agriculture and the interior Wednesday requesting additional crews to fight still-active wildfires raging in the West. “Extending the contracts of available crews would be a huge help to our communities who are struggling to obtain enough resources to continue fighting the deadly and dest... Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives is a mess. Americans feel the lawmaking institution is controlled more by party interests than it is the elected officials sent to Congress to represent them. Critical issues are not being dealt with — climate change, health care, gun violence, immigration and pandemic emergency aid — and the body struggles to even pass a working budget on time. However, most Amer... Read more »

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a bill from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter to improve the country’s forecasting capabilities for space weather. “Space weather events stand to present significant economic and national security implications, with the potential to disrupt essential services, communications and technologies we rely on every day,” said Gardner. A... Read more »

President Trump signed the PROSWIFT space weather bill into law on October 21, but an accompanying signing statement expressed a number of caveats. Not only does he consider certain sections to be a limitation on his discretion to conduct foreign affairs, but he objects to what he calls the bill’s failure to address the resilience of national security assets or critical infrastructure. Presidents ... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 925, the updated Heroes Act, the next major federal relief package addressing the COVID-19 crisis: “I voted for the updated Heroes Act, a comprehensive package to combat COVID-19, stabilize our economy, and support families, workers, small businesses, and state and local governments. The impact ... Read more »