President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement brought sharp criticism from Colorado's Democratic lawmakers Thursday and little support from Republicans. While in Pueblo touring an addiction treatment center, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet said Trump is turning his back on renewable energy and the new economy, where Colorado is a leader. Democrats may have been expecting the Trump decision because they quickly announced their disagreement. Republican lawm... Read more

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Representatives Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Mike Gallagher (WI-08) introduced bipartisan legislation to require all medical providers including insurance and drug companies to publicly disclose costs for all products, services and procedures. “Patients should have the information they need in order to make informed decisions about their healthcare. Patients are required to know the risks before consenting to any given medical procedure, but they are often forced to make big ... Read more

President Donald Trump’s claim that his administration would focus its massive deportation efforts on removing criminals isn’t proving all that reliable. The decision by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials early this month to rein in a little-used congressional privilege exposes the hardliner ideology behind statistics that show many of those being trucked out of the county aren’t bad actors. ICE’s policy change also complicates celebration of the agency’s sensible agreement to stop de... Read more

WASHINGTON | Congress’ official budget analyst is projecting that the House Republican health care bill would produce 23 million more uninsured people and costly, perhaps unaffordable coverage for the seriously ill. Now Republicans in the Senate have to decide how to make their version different. The Congressional Budget Office report, issued Wednesday, also found that average premiums would fall compared with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a chief goal of many Republicans. But t... Read more

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement on the CBO healthcare score. 23 million people will lose their healthcare coverage under the House passed bill. The latest analysis from the Congressional Budget Office confirms how detrimental the Republicans’ healthcare bill is in terms of reducing coverage, reducing essential benefits and allowing for discrimination against those with preexisting conditions. ### Read more

WASHINGTON – The House-passed GOP health care bill would leave 23 million fewer people insured by 2026 than would have been under Obamacare, and costs could soar for older Americans and people with pre-existing medical conditions in some states, according to new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released Wednesday. House Republicans forced a vote on the revised American Health Care Act late last month before the CBO could re-score the bill with its added amendments. It pa... Read more

Democratic lawmakers are asking Deutsche Bank (DB) for information on Donald Trump and Russia. In a letter to Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan, Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee requested the firm provide details on two politically charged matters -- a Russian trading scandal and its dealings with President Trump and his family members. Lawmakers criticized Deutsche Bank for its lack of transparency and questioned whether its internal reviews of the matter were completely ... Read more

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal. “Though short on details, Democrats and Republicans should agree President Trump’s budget proposal takes us backward not forward. It’s unacceptable to balance the budget on the backs of hard working families here in Colorado and across the country. I cannot support a budget that among other things proposes deep cuts to the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), environm... Read more

Even as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to say terrible things about marijuana and hint at a potential crackdown against states that have approved recreational or medical sales, assorted members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at changing the way the federal government deals with the plant, including its designation as a Schedule I narcotic by the Drug Enforcement Administration. But there's disagreement among national leaders of the cannabis community about whether i... Read more

A Republican-led effort to rewrite the rules of the massive, post financial crisis measure Dodd-Frank is slated for a full House vote in June, despite Democrat’s effort — among them U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter — to derail the legislation in committee. At odds are Perlmutter’s contention that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is critical and put in place to bring discipline to the financial markets after the 2008 financial crisis and a new GOP-sponsored Financial CHOICE Ac... Read more