KUSA - Somewhere around the seven-hour mark, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colorado) took a break from the sit-in Democrats were staging on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Perlmutter stepped off the floor for a moment to talk to 9NEWS about two gun control measures he and fellow Democrats want the Republican leadership to allow the House to consider. “One that says that if you’re on the terrorist watch list, you can’t buy a gun and the other says we need to have good background checks a... Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives finally adjourned until July 5 after sit-in protests by Democrats halted business in the chamber for more than 17 hours. Despite the decision to end the legislative session, more than a dozen Democratic members, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., were still protesting on the House floor as of this morning. It's unclear exactly how Democrats will proceed with their efforts to bring up a vote on gun control. The unprecedented demonstration, which w... Read more

WASHINGTON, DC (CBS4) – Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Diana DeGette were among a number of Democrats who sat down on the House floor on Wednesday. They demanded that the House take a vote on gun control measures. Perlmutter and DeGette, Democrats representing Colorado, joined others in their party at the U.S Capital. The bills they are referring to are in particular two bills addressing universal background checks and preventing individuals on the Terrorist Watch List from purchasing firearms (“No Fl... Read more

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released the following statement today regarding the Supreme Court’s 4-4 decision in U.S. v. Texas regarding the implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA+) program: “The Supreme Court’s split decision in U.S. v. Texas is incredibly disappointing and leaves millions of individuals and families hanging in the ba... Read more

Two of Colorado’s congressional members, Ed Perlmutter and Diana DeGette, spoke out during a 24-hour sit-in by U.S. House Democrats who demanded a vote on measures they believe will help curb gun violence. The sit-in was unprecedented and was led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a hero of the Civil Rights movement. Below are speeches from Reps. Perlmutter and Degette, weighing in on gun legislation that would bar terrorists on the no-fly list from buying firearms and provide more background checks. T... Read more

The microphones were dead. The TV camera feeds were off. Some of the roughly two dozen stragglers remaining on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives yawned, stretched, and sipped from paper cups. Still, House Democrats kept talking. And by the time it was over, more than 24 hours later, they re-emerged into the sunshine, descending the steps of the U.S. Capitol, singing, "We shall overcome." House Democrats ended a marathon sit-in shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday, after nearly 26 hours of... Read more

AURORA | Aurora Congressman Mike Coffman said if Buckley Air Force Base is not awarded new F-35 fighter jets, the base would likely lose its Air National Guard unit someday. “If we don’t get them, we will lose the runway. It’s only the fighter aircraft of the 140th Wing Colorado Air National Guard that require us to have an active runway at Buckley,” he said. “It affects the longterm health of (the) base when we’re looking at base closures.” That’s why Coffman said he spearheaded the Colorado co... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Republicans blocked a crucial amendment addressing the marijuana banking crisis as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (H.R. 5485). The bi-partisan amendment, filed Monday, June 20 by U.S. Reps. Denny Heck (WA-10) and Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), would have banned federal regulators from penalizing banks, credit unions, and other depository institutions for providing banking services to legal and licensed marijuana b... Read more

WASHINGTON, DC (CBS4)– Rep. Ed Perlmutter was among a number of Democrats who sat down on the House floor on Wednesday. They demanded that the House take a vote on gun control measures. Perlmutter, a Democrat representing Colorado, joined others in his party at the U.S Capitol. House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he will not bring any gun control legislation to the floor. The House went into recess just as the protest began but the representatives remained sitting on the floor. Content originally p... Read more

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) is participating in a sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives with dozens of other Democrats today to try and force action on gun violence prevention, particularly two bills addressing universal background checks and preventing individuals on the Terrorist Watch List from purchasing firearms (“No Fly, No Buy”). “It shouldn’t take members of Congress holding a protest to get a vote on common sense gun violence prevention measures... Read more