Six House Democrats on Wednesday asked World Bank President David Malpass to explain an August meeting with the Ukrainan president amid President Trump’s decision to withhold defense aid from Ukraine. The lawmakers voiced concerns that Malpass’s meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug. 23 in Kyiv could be seen as a part of Trump’s pressure campaign that resulted in his impeachment... Read more »
Donald Trump, are you listening? The press release didn't say it, but the message screamed off the page with the news about the bipartisan groundbreaking for the expansion of a aerospace facility in Arvada Thursday. The night U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, stood with Trump in Colorado Springs, as the president said he hadn't yet made up his mind where he would locate the U.S. Spac... Read more »
Wheat Ridge, Colo. – On Thursday, February 20th, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold held a town hall to discuss election security and voter protection issues as the 2020 election season gets underway. They were joined by Jefferson County Clerk George Stern and Adams County Clerk Josh Zygielbaum. “Everyone should be able to cast their vote as easily and ... Read more »
When Jane, a 45-year-old Arvada resident, applied for housing assistance in 2015, she was hoping to obtain a housing voucher to pay the rent, find her own apartment and quickly get back on her feet. But the voucher from the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program didn’t come through until Jan. 15 this year. Until now, she has depended on the kindness of others, staying with her mother, he... Read more »
Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter and Senator Cory Gardner join 850 KOA to discuss the Safe Banking Act, which would allow weed related businesses to use the banking system. Those businesses currently have to deal in cash. Listen to both interviews here. Read more »
No one can explain what it’s like to be a high schooler in 2020 like teens themselves. That’s why a group of young people from Jefferson County visited Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. today, February 5, 2020, to speak to their Congressman, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), about the problems they face and the supports they need. The 14 youth research interns are with Jefferson County Communities That ... Read more »
U.S. House Democrats approved legislation Wednesday that would place permanent wilderness protections on more than 660,000 acres of land in Colorado. The bill would be the largest wilderness designation in Colorado in a generation, according to its champion, Rep. Diana DeGette (D). The House voted 231-183 to approve the “Protecting America’s Wilderness Act,” which combines the Colorado wilderness ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Billy Long (R-MO) today introduced the Truth in Buffalo Labeling Act, which would stop water buffalo meat and food products from being marketed in a manner leading consumers to believe they are purchasing North American bison. “Americans have long associated the term ‘buffalo’ with American bison. Some companies are now importing water buffal... Read more »
The U.S. House passed landmark pro-labor legislation Thursday that backers said could begin to reverse the country’s decades-long decline in union membership. The bill passed largely along party lines by a vote of 224-194. Colorado’s seven House members joined the party-line vote with Reps. Diana DeGette, Jason Crow, Joe Neguse and Ed Perlmutter voting yes and Reps. Scott Tipton, Ken Buck and Doug... Read more »
Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter wants to keep the ball moving on his SAFE Banking Act, even as Sen. Mike Crapo, chair of the Senate’s banking committee, has pumped the legislative brakes. The bill aims to make it easier for banks and financial institutions to work with legal cannabis companies, even as the drug remains illegal under federal law. Perlmutter and his house co-sponsors recently sent a l... Read more »
