Lakewood, Colo. - U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released the following statement about the approval of Spaceport Colorado’s Launch Site Operator License at Front Range Airport in Adams County, Colorado: “Today’s long-awaited decision marks an important step forward for Adams County and the entire state of Colorado. Spaceport Colorado will leverage Colorado’s leadership in aerospace and space exploration, our well-educated workforce, and our excellent higher learning institutions to attract new... Read more

Nancy Pelosi is confronting rising threats from different corners of the Democratic Party, and is girding for a mortal challenge to her leadership after the November midterm elections or even sooner. In perhaps the most serious test of her 15-year grip on the House Democratic caucus, Ms. Pelosi is facing unrest from older lawmakers critical of her style, younger Democrats demanding generational change and candidates across the party who have sought to inoculate themselves against Republican atta... Read more

Downtown Denver was the scene of the Colorado Bankers Association's first ever national cannabis banking conference, which kicked off Thursday with nearly 200 attendees. The two-day event, called "Marijuana and Banking: Conflict of Laws, Banks Caught in the Middle," featured presentations by government heavyweights like Gov. John Hickenlooper, Rep. Ed Perlmutter and U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, as well as a slew of industry insiders from the FDIC, Federal Reserve Bank, private insurance companies ... Read more

Tonville native and long time Brighton area resident George J. Seader, Jr. was honored at the Elks Club on his 100th birthday, June 30, for his service during World War II. At the party, he was cited by U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter for his time in the Army Air Corps “Mighty 8th” unit that is said to have been essential to the victory in Europe. Perlmutter later awarded Seader with three medals for his service and a U.S. flag that had been flown over the US Capitol building on George’s birth... Read more

After a rash of helicopter accidents several years ago ending in fatal fires, industry executives and regulators reached a high-profile compromise: Businesses could avoid rules mandating safety upgrades and retrofits but would be expected to make the changes on their own. “You got our attention and we’re going to participate,” said Matthew Zuccaro, president of Helicopter Association International, the leading trade association, at the time. But three years later, critics and even some industry ... Read more

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is finally open. The new facility, part of the VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN-19), will serve about 400,000 Veterans in Colorado and approximately 600,000 Veterans from Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma and portions of Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada and North Dakota. For more than two decades and through four presidential administrations and eleven VA Secretaries, Rocky Mountain Veterans have waited for a new faci... Read more

For over 20 years, the veterans of Colorado have been fighting for a new state-of-the-art VA Medical Center. Veterans’ organizations, supported by the leadership of the United Veterans Committee, the Colorado congressional delegation and the late Steve Hogan, Mayor of Aurora have worked hard to achieve that difficult goal. On July 21, at the new VA Medical Center, the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Colorado Congressional delegation cut the red ribbon that officially opened the new VA ... Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Science Committee approved July 24 a modified version of a space weather forecasting bill that the Senate passed last year amid criticism of the committee’s approach to the legislation. The committee approved on a voice vote an amended version of S.141, the Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act. That bill was introduced in the Senate in January 2017 and passed by unanimous consent in May 2017. The original version of the bill codified many elements of a space weather ... Read more

At a recent dinner with Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ed Perlmutter, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said the three discussed at length the future of the House Democratic Caucus. Nobody, however, proposed themselves as that future, he said. “We sat at the table for a couple hours. Nobody was saying, ‘It’s my time!’” he said. “Most of us realize that we are going to play supportive roles for the duration because the next crop of leaders are very likely going to be there for a long time.” As talk abound... Read more

“The year is 2062,” Angel Abbud-Madrid declares. “One of the children of your children is about to go up on a mission to a space rock — an asteroid, one of hundreds passing close to Earth every year.” The Colorado School of Mines professor pauses to make sure the audience is following along. From his position at the forefront of the emerging field of space resources, Abbud-Madrid recognizes that, at least for now, most people need some help understanding exactly what this field covers. He has a ... Read more