Lakewood, Colo. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) joined Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) and Colorado U.S. Representatives Jason Crow (D) and Doug Lamborn (R) with a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in a letter to President Donald Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor calling on the administration to ensure National Guard personnel who are serving on the front lines of the Cor... Read more

Lakewood, Colo. - Today, members of the Colorado Congressional delegation, led by Congressmen Joe Neguse and Jason Crow, called on the Department of the Treasury and the Small Business Administration to provide regulatory flexibility to ensure that Veteran Service Organizations (VSO) have access to the funds they need and receive full loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) section of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In a letter addressed to De... Read more

Washington D.C.—In response to multiple COVID-19 outbreaks at senior living facilities across Colorado, Congressman Joe Neguse led a bipartisan letter today, along with the full Colorado Delegation, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting that personal protective equipment (PPE) deliveries to these facilities be continued through June and July. “Since the beginning of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, senior living facilities have been the epicenter of both outbreak... Read more

Attorney General Phil Weiser is leading a coalition of attorneys general in 33 states and territories asking Congress to give marijuana businesses access to the federally-regulated banking system in any forthcoming coronavirus relief legislation. “[T]hreats to public safety caused by a cash-intensive business model, often the target of criminal activity, have intensified in the months since the pandemic began,” read the letter dated May 19 to the leadership of both political parties in each cham... Read more

A bipartisan coalition of 34 state and territory attorneys general are urging Congress to pass coronavirus relief legislation that includes language protecting banks that service marijuana businesses from being penalized by federal regulators. The case they lay out runs directly counter to seemingly coordinated statements by GOP lawmakers in opposition to the banking provision’s inclusion in legislation the Democratic-led House passed on Friday. In a letter to House and Senate leadership on Tues... Read more

Lakewood, Colo. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 6800, the Heroes Act, the fourth major federal relief package addressing the COVID-19 crisis: “With the passage of the Heroes Act, the House continues its work to combat COVID-19, stabilize our economy, and support families, workers, small businesses, and state and local governments as they respond to this unprecedented crisis. The impact of this virus and the blow to our economy is m... Read more

With a House vote on Democratic leadership’s latest coronavirus relief package expected on Friday, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) is making the case for a provision he’s championing that would protect banks that service marijuana businesses from being penalized by federal regulators. During a Rules Committee hearing on Thursday evening—and then on the floor the following morning—the congressman stressed that while some Republican lawmakers have argued the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Ac... Read more

Washington D.C.— Today, Congressman Joe Neguse led members of the Colorado Congressional delegation - Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Cory Gardner, Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Congressman Jason Crow and Congressman Scott Tipton - called for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to allow for increased flexibility in, or an extension of, project deadlines for the completion of federally funded transportation projects. This would provide assistance for states and cities... Read more

This week, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) gave Rep. Jason Crow (CO-06) a call to discuss the latest census response rate. Crow’s district has reported a 69.1% response rate to Perlmutter’s 69.3% rate, putting the two districts in second and first place respectively. To date, 61.4% of Colorado households have self-responded to the 2020 Census. This isn’t the first time Crow and Perlmutter have engaged in some friendly competition. In December, Crow and Perlmutter were deemed the “Clark Griswolds of C... Read more

Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter joins 850 KOA to discuss the latest stimulus package that Congress is working on, focusing on relief for state and local government as well as funding for virus testing and tracing. Listen to the interview here. Read more