Content originally published by The Denver Post on April 10th, 2016. The beleaguered Veterans Medical Center in Aurora is on track for completion in 2018, VA Secretary Robert McDonald promised Sunday, while a criminal investigation into any wrongdoing there continues. Speaking before nearly 400 people at a United Veterans Committee of Colorado banquet, McDonald explained how the $1.68 billion project that had spiraled out of control was doing well in meeting new deadlines for completion. "Since... Read more

Content originally published by The Colorado Independent on April 7th, 2016. Are we heading toward the point of no return on climate change? That was the first question posed to four Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives, who addressed an audience of nonprofit leaders, green business innovators and community members in Denver Wednesday about the realities of climate legislation in Congress. Sponsored by the Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado, the event was part of a national series ... Read more

Perlmutter Joins Current and Former Members of Congress to File Amicus Brief in Support of Clean Power Plan U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) joined a bipartisan group of 44 current and former Senators and 163 current and former House members in filing an amicus brief in support of the Obama administration's historic 'Clean Power Plan' (CPP). The CPP will reduce carbon pollution and address climate change, save consumers $155 billion by 2030, create jobs, and prevent 90,000 childhood asthma attac... Read more

In celebration of National Financial Literacy Month, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) today participated in a Young AmeriTowne Opening Ceremony. Young AmeriTowne is an educational program offered to 4th and 5th grade teachers to help teach students about business, economics and free enterprise in a fun and hands-on way. The Opening Ceremonies is a ribbon-cutting ceremony and swearing-in of elected student government leaders. The ceremony marks the official opening of Young AmeriTowne, ... Read more

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) celebrated the end of construction of the North I-25 Express Lanes with a ribbon-cutting ceremony near 104th Avenue. The ceremony commemorated the local, state and federal collaboration that went into the construction and delivery of the North I-25 Express Lanes between US 36 and 120th Avenue. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Gregory Nadeau, Senator Cory Gardner and Congress... Read more

Content originally published by The Wall Street Journal on March 31st, 2016. Two years after Colorado fully legalized the sale of marijuana, most banks here still don’t offer services to the businesses involved. Financial institutions are caught between state law that has legalized marijuana and federal law that bans it. Banks’ federal regulators don’t fully recognize such businesses and impose onerous reporting requirements on banks that deal with them. Without bank accounts, the state’s burge... Read more

Content originally published by The Denver Post on March 30th, 2016. The Denver metro area must tackle housing affordability or risk losing millennials to less costly cities, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday at a local housing forum hosted by Zillow. A good place to start, the governor said, is reforming Colorado's much-debated construction-defects law, which developers say has stymied for-sale condominium projects statewide. "Long term, if we can't figure out how to get more affordable ho... Read more

Perlmutter Continues Quest to Send Humans to Mars by 2033 Administrator Bolden agrees “NASA can’t stop at the moon” As a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) participated in a hearing with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden about funding for NASA’s space and aeronautics programs in FY2017. The President's FY2017 request for NASA's appropriated funding is $18.262 billion, about a $1 billion cut from the $19.285 billion Congress appropriated... Read more

Content originally published by The PEW Charitable Trusts on March 22nd, 2016. Tim Cullen’s marijuana business brought in millions of dollars last year, but he’s had a hard time finding a bank to take the money. He’s cycled through 14 checking accounts in six years. Recently, he said, a bank shut down all his personal accounts, including college savings for his 3-year-old daughter. Federal law prohibits banks and credit unions from taking marijuana money. So here in Colorado, everyone involved ... Read more

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