Press Releases

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 »

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) joined members of the New Democrat Coalition in a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy calling on him to urgently advance bipartisan government funding bills similar to those advanced by the Senate and consistent with the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement that Congress and the administration negotiated this May. If a… Read more »

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) introduced legislation to ease burdensome barriers homeowners and business owners face when trying to prepare, or “harden,” their properties for natural disasters. The bipartisan Natural Disaster Property Protection Act will reduce paperwork and cut down on unnecessary red tape by increasing… Read more »

WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) joined their colleagues to introduce bipartisan and bicameral legislation aimed at preventing opioid overdoses and increasing access to overdose reversal medications like naloxone, also known as Narcan. The Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits (WORK) to Save Lives Act will require the… Read more »

DENVER—Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement ahead of the unveiling of the new Leadville Irish Miners’ Memorial:  “Thousands of Irish immigrants flocked to Leadville in the 1800s seeking a better life and a job in the mines. There they faced challenges that are unfortunately all too common for immigrant families in… Read more »