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Full Article Can Be Found Here ‘Politics doesn’t make it easy to be a parent’: Mothers in office hope a new report about representation draws attention to the challenges they face.  Moms with minor children are grossly underrepresented in Congress, according to a new report that highlights the barriers to their involvement in federal office — and are far outnumbered by… Read more »

Full Article Can Be Found Here FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Just a few days after Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen was sworn into office on Capitol Hill, she immersed herself in an ongoing controversy involving the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Office of Personnel management and the union representing correctional officers at the Federal Correctional Complex, in… Read more »

Link to the story can be found here. During her 10 years in the Colorado state legislature, U.S. Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen championed policies to improve access to substance use disorder treatment. Now she is working on the federal level to attack the opioid crisis head-on. Pettersen hosted a roundtable… Read more »

Link to the article can be found here. U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen, (D-Colo) spoke to Woodland Park business owners April 13 at the Swiss Chalet. “I want to get to know the local communities and start building those relationships,” said Pettersen, who represents Congressional District 7. “Oftentimes our rural… Read more »

Full Article Freshman Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen introduced her first piece of legislation Thursday.  The Stop the Import of Fentanyl Act would set up a national center under the Drug Enforcement Administration to prevent the import of illicit synthetic drugs, like fentanyl. The office would investigate how the drugs make it into the United States as well as come up… Read more »

U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen made a stop in Bailey March 16 where she met with members of the Platte Canyon Chamber of Commerce at Aspen Peak Cellars Winery. … Read more »

United States Representative Brittany Pettersen traveled to Cloud City last Friday, March 17 to meet with business leaders and community members who shared concerns about pressing issues such as the housing shortage and child care needs. Pettersen, a Democrat, began representing Colorado’s 7th Congressional District this year after… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen came to the Arkansas Valley Thursday, March 16, to host roundtables in Buena Vista and Salida. Her business roundtable at the Buena Vista Public Library brought together a small but talkative group of local business leaders. Renewable energy and housing were major… Read more »

By now, you probably have heard that Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities on Monday to participate in a conversation… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Three Democrats in the U.S. House introduced a measure to push back against a controversial Republican tax proposal that would abolish the IRS, eliminate income taxes and impose a national sales tax. House Republicans introduced the Fair Tax Act in January shortly after Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, was voted in… Read more »