On a recent Saturday at a Safeway in Lakewood, dozens of people weaved through aisles stocked with cheese and tables stacked with veggies. But this wasn’t the normal weekend rush for groceries. They’d come to see Representative Ed Perlmutter, who’d set up shop next to the flower department to talk one-on-one with constituents. Perlmutter has held more than 100 of these events since taking office i... Read More »
Racism and the economy were some of the issues brought up to U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) at his final Government in the Grocery event Aug. 27 in Lakewood. A community event he’s held since 2007, Government in the Grocery allows Perlmutter to meet with locals one-on-one at a table set up in grocery stores so people can suggest policy changes, ask for help or just air grievances. “He tries to st... Read More »
Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) held his 105th and final Government in the Grocery event. A signature event of the office, Perlmutter started the Government in the Grocery program when he first took office in 2007 in order to better hear from constituents and meet with them one-on-one in their local community. The first Government in the Grocery was held on January 27, 2007 in Wheat Ridge. S... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act: “Passing the historic Inflation Reduction Act delivers on many of the things most important to my constituents and advances policies House Democrats have been working toward during my entire career in Congress. For example, after years of repeated attempts, M... Read More »
Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) held a medal ceremony to recognize two Veterans – Lt. Anthony Iozzo, a WWII Veteran who was killed in combat and U.S. Merchant Marine Veteran Edward Talbot, who served from 1968 to 1972 during the Vietnam War. Perlmutter recognized each Veteran with medals for which they were entitled but never received. During the ceremony, Mr. Talbot received the Merchant Ma... Read More »
Lakewood, Colo. – On August 8th, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) held his final telephone town hall to talk with constituents of the 7th Congressional District and take their questions. Since 2007, Perlmutter has held 70 telephone town halls, including 27 over the past 2.5 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. To listen to a recording of the August 8th town hall, click below: LINK TO RECORDING Read More »
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) applauded passage of the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act (WRDR Act) in the U.S. House on Friday, which included four amendments authored by Perlmutter. Climate change has increased wildfire risk nationally presenting a year-round threat to the United States as well as made drought more severe and persistent, with parts of the western U.S. experiencing t... Read More »
Rep. Ed Perlmutter surveys the final practice at Nationals Park before the 2022 Congressional Baseball Game, July 28, 2022. Perlmutter says the competition plays an important role in helping members of Congress build friendships. “It doesn’t get better than this,” said Rep. Ed Perlmutter, looking out across the field of Nationals Park as his Democratic and Republican colleagues got in a final prac... Read More »
Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced legislation in the U.S. House and Senate to encourage energy efficient and renewable features to be considered as part of the residential homebuying and appraisal process. The Getting Renewable and Energy Efficient Neighborhoods (GREEN) Appraisals Act is aimed at ensuring home appraisals accurately reflect the value... Read More »
As a member of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) supported a new slate of recommendations last week to make Congress more transparent, accessible and efficient for Americans. The 29 recommendations were developed over the course of eight hearings held in 2022 ranging from topics such as congressional continuity, strengthening congressional overs... Read More »
Three congressional lawmakers participated in a briefing about the path forward for marijuana banking reform on Wednesday, reaffirming the urgent need for a policy change as a public safety and economic equity issue and addressing the political “momentum” that they’ve built to finally enact reform. The event, organized by the U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC), coincided with the release of two new indu... Read More »
Today U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and Jason Crow (D-CO) reintroduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate July 20th as "National Heroes Day". July 20th is the date of the horrific shooting which took place ten years ago today on July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. at a movie theater in which twelve lives were taken, seventy were wounded and hundreds suffered emotional trau... Read More »
The House on Thursday passed for the seventh time provisions that would allow cannabis businesses to use banking services, although the amendment to the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill faces an uphill battle to become law. Past efforts to pass cannabis banking provisions, both as stand-alone legislation and as amendments attached to must-pass bills, have languished in the Senate, where a gr... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) pushes forward once again in his effort to allow state-legal cannabis businesses access to the banking system by filing the SAFE Banking Act as an amendment to the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This follows a years-long effort to include the SAFE Banking Act to broader pieces of legislation, most recently the negotiated ... Read More »
Lakewood, Colo. – Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) announced the inclusion of all twelve of his Fiscal Year 2023 Community Project Funding requests in the House Appropriation Committee legislation. Projects include a Veterans Memorial in Adams County, multimodal and other infrastructure improvements, support of clean-energy research capabilities as well as the Global Energy Business Park, and... Read More »
