Lakewood, Colo. – Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) introduced new legislation to encourage greater energy efficiency and sustainability in the nation’s housing supply while creating new jobs in the green economy. The Green Neighborhoods Act of 2020 would require the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement energy efficiency standards and incentives for new and exist... Read more »

It’s all over but the shoutin’. But it’s the shouting that has become the curious sideshow to a historic legislative achievement — full and permanent funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. After the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Great American Outdoors Act on Wednesday, following earlier Senate passage, Colorado’s Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner wasted little time in callin... Read more »

House Democrats added several amendments aiming to regulate a class of cancer-linked chemicals called PFAS to a defense spending bill Monday. The additions followed the failure of the chamber to add a broader amendment that would tackle the substances. PFAS chemicals are also often called “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in nature and the human body. They are found in firefighting foam... Read more »

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter introduced legislation on Thursday to study the use of certain hazardous chemicals in firefighting equipment that are associated with cancer and adverse effects on the immune system. The Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act is aimed at per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. The proposal would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technolo... Read more »

Lakewood, Colo. - U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, voting for the first time to fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF): “We have a responsibility to protect and preserve our public lands for future generations and to ensure everyone can enjoy our national parks, national monumen... Read more »

Denver – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) and Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D), Ed Perlmutter (D), Joe Neguse (D), and Jason Crow (D) called on Senate and House Leadership to support the nation’s outdoor economy in future economic relief legislation. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N... Read more »

U.S. House Democrats approved legislation Wednesday that would place permanent wilderness protections on more than 660,000 acres of land in Colorado. The bill would be the largest wilderness designation in Colorado in a generation, according to its champion, Rep. Diana DeGette (D). The House voted 231-183 to approve the “Protecting America’s Wilderness Act,” which combines the Colorado wilderness ... Read more »

Members of Colorado's congressional delegation and state parties lined up along partisan lines to offer their reaction to President Trump's third State of the Union address Tuesday, the night before the Senate is expected to vote on impeachment. The president spoke of the nation's robust economy under his watch, a point of pride for Republicans with doubts and derision from Democrats during the el... Read more »

Coloradans in Congress invited several guests to President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. Colorado representatives used the invitation to draw attention to issues including gun violence and veteran suicide. A father of one of the Columbine High School shooting victims was in the audience. Tom Mauser attended the State of the Union as a guest of Rep. Joe Neguse... Read more »

Twenty years ago, Tom Mauser was sitting in a congressional gallery, two seats down from the first lady, and watching President Bill Clinton describe his son, Daniel, as “an amazing kid, a straight-A student, a good skier.” Daniel had, in the president’s words, been “gunned down at Columbine” the year before. On Tuesday night, Tom Mauser will return to Congress for another State of the Union addre... Read more »