Denver – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D) and Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D), Ed Perlmutter (D), Doug Lamborn (R), Scott Tipton (R), Ken Buck (R), Jason Crow (D), and Joe Neguse (D) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai and Wireline Competition Bureau Chief Kris Monteith requesting full consideration of Children’s Hospital Colorado’s ap... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, a $484 billion federal relief package to support small businesses, hospitals and testing during the COVID-19 crisis: “This package will immediately restart the Paycheck Protection Program - ... Read more »
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and a collection of bipartisan cosponsors filed a bill on Thursday that would provide small marijuana businesses with access to federal coronavirus relief funds that are available to companies in any other industry. The bill—titled the Emergency Cannabis Small Business Health and Safety Act—would make marijuana firms eligible for three Small Business Administration (SBA... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Joe Morelle (NY-25), along with more than a dozen cosponsors, introduced new legislation to provide additional support for states as they deal with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Relief for States Act will provide $500 billion in flexible funding to states to respond to the current crisis, backfill state ... Read more »
Lakewood, Colo.- Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) held a telephone town hall with Jeff Kraft, OEDIT’s Director of Business Funding and Incentives; Cher Haavind, Deputy Executive Director and Jeff Fitzgerald, Unemployment Insurance Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment and Dr. Bernadette Albanese, a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist and Medical Epidemiologist at the... Read more »
Lakewood, Colo. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) today sent a second letter to President Donald Trump urging additional federal funding to alleviate the impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 26, 2020, Perlmutter joined other members of Colorado’s congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Trump expressing support for Governor Polis’s request for an expedited major Disa... Read more »
A bipartisan group of 34 members of Congress is calling on House leadership to include language in the next coronavirus stimulus bill to allow marijuana businesses to access federal disaster relief that is available to other industries. “The state-legal cannabis industry is a major contributor to the U.S. economy and workforce, employing over 240,000 workers across 33 states and four territories, ... Read more »
Even as many states deem marijuana businesses to be “essential” operations that can continue their activities during the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing federal cannabis prohibition means they can’t get access to relief funds available to other industries under COVID-19 legislation passed by Congress. The governor of Colorado is seeking to change that. “Unfortunately, a large number of small busines... Read more »
Lakewood, Colo.- Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) held a telephone town hall with Governor Jared Polis; Dr. Mark Johnson, Executive Director of Jefferson County Public Health; and Patrick Teegarden, Director of Policy and Legislation for Colorado Department of Labor and Unemployment (CDLE). The call was to discuss the latest updates on COVID-19 and answer questions from constituents. To liste... Read more »
The word congress actually means a formal meeting. So for members of Congress, this period of social distancing has been challenging. “We have not figured it out yet,” said Rep. Jason Crow, a Democrat. “We’re not, as a Congress, where we need to be in terms of remote work and technology.” Crow is one person in favor of getting back to the Capitol, where lawmakers were put on an unscheduled recess ... Read more »
