The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a significant victory on Tuesday by letting his administration immediately resume rapid deportations of migrants to third countries, triggering outrage from critics who branded the emergency order 'evil' and the policy 'reckless cruelty'. A federal court had blocked those removals unless migrants had a chance to challenge them, including over fears of perse... Read More »
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) joined Center Forward’s Affordability Summit to discuss their efforts in the Financial Services Committee to help reduce rising costs affecting Americans. Rep. Cleaver came to Congress with on-the-ground experience of the housing affordability challenges Americans are facing as the Mayor of Kansas City, later becoming the highest-ranki... Read More »
LAKEWOOD — Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Congressman Joe Neguse (CO-02) this week introduced the Permanently Authorizing PILT Act to guarantee reliable federal payments to Colorado counties that provide essential services on and around tax-exempt federal lands. Without predictable mandatory funding, counties will never have the true assurance of the federal revenue that they receive... Read More »
“I am thrilled to see my bill, the Romance Scam Prevention Act, passed out of the Senate last night. Romance scams don’t just steal people’s savings—they exploit their trust and leave lasting emotional damage. As more Americans turn to online dating to find meaningful relationships, scammers are increasingly using these platforms to target vulnerable people and families. If a dating platform remov... Read More »
LAKEWOOD — Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) today announced the introduction of legislation that will extend critical sanctions against foreign fentanyl traffickers and strengthen the federal government’s ability to disrupt the financial networks fueling the illicit opioid trade. The bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Reauthorization Act of 2026, which is co-led by Congressman Roger Williams (R... Read More »
U.S. Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) sponsored bipartisan legislation this week that aims to help high school students across America navigate the nation’s financial system by giving them access to resources that can help them make informed financial decisions. The Promoting Financial Literacy in Secondary Schools Act, H.R. 10528, which is cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), would amend ... Read More »
LAKEWOOD – Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) today announced her introduction of a bill to expand financial literacy resources for high school students. The bipartisan Promoting Financial Literacy in Secondary Schools Act, which Pettersen introduced with Congressman David Valadao (R-CA), would give high schools access to voluntary, expert-developed resources that teach students how to budget... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Congresswomen Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), led 35 of their colleagues in demanding the Trump administration immediately reinstate more than 16 minority and maternal health grants totaling $38 million that were canceled following a “shift in administration priorities.” These grant cancellations would affect programs meant to address that a... Read More »
AI's catastrophic risks to humanity are fueling fresh calls for regulation, with Colorado lawmakers in both parties agreeing that more guardrails are needed. Why it matters: Public alarm over the rapidly advancing technology is creating a rare bipartisan opening in Congress to act. What they're saying: "There's something in the world that now scares me more than Donald Trump," U.S. Rep. Brittany P... Read More »
A bipartisan water bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives includes $208 million for Colorado projects and would revive federal financing for a pipeline that was vetoed by President Donald Trump late last year. The House voted 415-9 Wednesday night to pass the Water Resources Development Act, with all eight of Colorado’s representatives joining in support. The bill is a biennial measure t... Read More »
U.S. House Resolution No. 10115 would expand the original Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include, for the first time in history, the state of Colorado (as a downwind area) and specifically by name the Cotter Mill and Rocky Flats (as “Manhattan Project Waste” sites), as well as numerous sites across the nation. It was introduced Aug. 17 by Del. James Moylan (Guam), co-led by Rep. Brittany P... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), today joined fellow members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus in calling out the Trump Administration’s latest effort to dismantle Head Start, a critical program that provides early education, health services, and other support to children and families across the country. In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robe... Read More »
Democrats are pressing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to scrap a proposed overhaul of the Head Start program, warning the changes would weaken services for thousands of families nationwide. The proposed rule, dubbed “Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs,” would “rescind and replace” the Head Start Program Performance Standards to “reduce regulatory burde... Read More »
New legislation in Congress would make Coloradans who became ill after living near two of the state’s nuclear sites eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in federal compensation. A proposed expansion of the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would recognize the Cotter uranium mill near Cañon City and the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant northwest of Denver as Manhattan Project wa... Read More »
LAKEWOOD – Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) today announced her legislation to uncover how Trump’s federal workforce cuts have impacted her constituents’ ability to resolve their federal casework issues. This effort comes after it was brought to Pettersen’s attention that there are just three federal case managers at the Department of Education processing all cases, and just five total cas... Read More »
