WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives went into recess without a Speaker:
“The American people shouldn’t have to pay the price for the Republican party’s inability to govern. It’s been two and a half weeks since the U.S. House of Representatives had a Speaker. Yet, we’ve all been sent… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen joined Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, and Representative Joe Neguse to introduce legislation to change the name of Colorado’s Mount Evans Wilderness to the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness. The change aligns with the U.S. Board of Geographic Names’ recent decision to officially rename Mount Evans to Mount Blue… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and John Duarte (R-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently authorize Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding. PILT provides payments to counties, including 56 of Colorado’s counties, and other local governments with non-taxable federal land within their borders to offset the lost property tax revenue. This… Read more »
DENVER—Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) welcomed Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05) to Colorado’s 7th Congressional District for a roundtable discussion on the child care crisis in Colorado and the United States. They met with child care providers, advocates, and local officials at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School to discuss the child care fiscal… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) led the Colorado Democratic House Delegation in a letter to Senate and House leadership, as well as leadership for the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, over concerns with the level of funding allocated to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). In the letter, they call… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to address the growing threat of artificial intelligence (AI), often referred to as “deep fake” scams, to consumers, banks, credit unions, and the American economy. The Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act would establish a task force to examine AI in the financial… Read more »
DENVER—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) today announced that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has approved a request to allow the Department of Justice (DOJ) to authorize a group retention incentive bonus of 25 percent for prison staff, including correctional officers and non-custody workers, at Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Florence. The move comes… Read more »
Reps. Pettersen, Mooney Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Provide Financing for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities
WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Alex X. Mooney (R-WV) introduced H.R. 5648, the Community Assistance for Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act, to allow drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities to be eligible for Federal Housing Authority… Read more »
WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Joe Neguse (CO-02) again wrote to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA), imploring them to take immediate action to mitigate significant noise pollution that is inundating local communities. Today’s letter is the follow-up to an unanswered request the lawmakers made a… Read more »
ICYMI—This week, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) joined the co-chairs of the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Annie Kuster (D-NH), and Lisa McClain (R-MI), for a press conference celebrating Recovery Month and their annual Congress Goes Purple celebration. During the event, the… Read more »
