Content originally published by The Durango Herald on December 14th, 2015 The first-ever congressional hearing inside a mine was held Monday, offering a dramatic image of the impact the Gold King Mine spill has had on policy talks. The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held its field hearing inside the Edgar Mine in Idaho Springs, where the panel discussed legislation aimed at training and recruiting engineers to work on mining reclamation efforts. “This is weird,” said U.S. Rep. Rob... Read more

Content originally published by KUSA on December 8th, 2015. KUSA -- Some members of Colorado's congressional delegation are reacting to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump " calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." 9NEWS reached out to the nine members of the Colorado delegation and we've gotten eight responses so far: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) -- On Twitter, the senato... Read more

Content orginally published by the Denver Post on December 6th, 2015. U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter didn’t arrive down a chimney and he’s way too thin be confused with the jolliest old elf, but Saturday marked the eighth year in a row the jovial politician has celebrated the holidays with his constituents. About 140 people showed up on a sunny December Saturday afternoon for his annual open house at his district office on West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood. It’s hard to construe it as a campaign event, s... Read more

Content originally published by the Denver Post on December 4th, 2015. The $305 billion highway transportation funding bill that Congress passed and sent to the White House has a lot for Colorado to love, besides unsticking much-needed transportation money for state projects. The five-year Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act restores a crop-insurance subsidy that’s available to Colorado farmers and renews the Export-Import Bank, which extends help to small businesses in the state... Read more

Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) voted to support the bipartisan conference report on H.R. 22, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act which included reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. In addition, Rep. Perlmutter authored two provisions included in H.R. 22 to benefit the people of the 7th Congressional District. “I’m pleased Congress worked together to achieve the first long-term surface transportation bill in ten years. This bipartisan legislation will provide $281 bi... Read more

Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hosted a showcase of NASA research exhibits and a live communications “downlink” with the two astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station, Capt. Scott Kelly and Dr.Kjell Lindgren. Members had the opportunity to speak with the astronauts for about twenty minutes. They covered a range of topics such as, the challenges of long duration space travel, including the limitations of remote medical capabilities; the strength an... Read more

LAKEWOOD, CO – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released a video recapping his activities throughout 2015. The 2015: Year in Review video showcases Rep. Perlmutter’s work on behalf of the people of the 7th Congressional District, including securing $148,686 in owed benefits and savings and $33 million in grants supporting organizations, research and jobs in the 7th District. The video also highlights a variety of events hosted by Rep. Perlmutter’s office which attracted more than 18,900 c... Read more

Content originally published on CBS4 on December 1st, 2015. (CBS4)– Colorado representatives led the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in a moment of silence on Tuesday to honor the victims in the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. “I ask my colleagues to join me and my colleagues from the Colorado delegation and with the community of Colorado Springs for a moment of silence and to reflect upon the lives that were lost and to pray for their families and loved ones,” said Rep.... Read more

Content originally published by the Lakewood Sentinel on November 25th, 2015. By Clarke Reader Lakewood Sentinel About me I moved to Colorado when I was around 8 or 9 years old, and have been in Lakewood pretty much the entire time. I went to Patterson Elementary, O’Connell Middle and Alameda High School. I joined the active Army in 2006, and then joined the Army National Guard in 2012 when I returned home. I started attending college at Red Rocks Community College and now I’m studying civil en... Read more

Content originally published by the Denver Post on November 25th, 2015. By Catherine Elsby Denver Post YourHub ARVADA —Kathrynn Mann of Arvada knew the trove of wartime documents she found was special. But she didn't know just what to do with the notes her uncle took in a Vietnam prisoner-of-war camp. Now, thanks to her, the details of the five years Air Force Col. John Stavast spent in the Hanoi Hilton will be available to scholars and historians via the Library of Congress. "The magnitude of ... Read more