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Link to The Original Article   Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D) questioned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on interest rates and the economy. Powell said that the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to lower interest rates despite multiple calls from President Trump to drop them. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Powell stood by recent… Read more »

Link to The Original Article It's not something you see every day at congressional hearing on the economy and interest rates. As members of Congress grilled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday -- one lawmaker asked questions with her tousled-haired 5-month-old baby squirming in her lap. Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen brought her son Sam to the hearing and somehow… Read more »

Link to The Original Article The long, narrow swath of central Colorado that makes up the 7th Congressional District represented by Brittany Pettersen gets increasingly red on the southern half, which is also far less populous. But that has not kept Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, away. In fact, during her first term in Congress, she opened her second state office in Cañon City, the… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Members of Colorado's congressional delegation applauded President Donald Trump's military strike on Iranian nuclear sites, while the state's Democratic lawmakers expressed worries about direct U.S. involvement in the region's conflicts and said the president should have consulted Congress before the attack. Soon after news broke late Saturday that U.S.… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Four Democratic senators and six Democratic representatives have sent a letter to Palantir Technologies' CEO demanding information about reports that the Denver-based company is creating a government-wide database containing sensitive taxpayer data, raising questions about potential Privacy Act violations. The lawmakers' letter states the Department of… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Colorado’s congressional and local leaders are responding to a proposed budget reconciliation bill that proposes making more than 250 million acres of public lands eligible for sale. The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee (SENR) budget reconciliation bill proposed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), released June 11 and updated June 14, would force the… Read more »

Link to The Original Article In the wake of the attacks by U.S. forces against three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, many Colorado officials and representatives took to social media in both support and opposition. The military community is a significant part of Colorado, with six military bases across the state. The F.E. Warren Air Force Base missile field also spans an… Read more »

Link to The Original Article U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday at Harrison K-8 School to give updates on what’s happening at the federal level and engage with local voices. One common theme she has heard across the 7th Congressional District is concern about President Donald Trump’s proposed budget bill, “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which she voted… Read more »

Link to The Original Article Colorado is in a tug of war over the personal data, including immigration status, of tens of thousands of people, that the Trump administration could use as it ramps up its deportation efforts. In early June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that administers the nation’s health program for low-income Americans, made a… Read more »

Link to The Original Article A provision in the Congressional Republicans budget bill, better known as the "one big, beautiful bill" could force the federal government to sell over three million acres of public lands across western states. Utah Senator Mike Lee, who made the land sale proposal, says these public lands are underused and that selling them would lead to their better… Read more »