WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting against the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill which does not include any guardrails for Donald Trump and Secretary Kristi Noem’s disturbing and violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.
The vote… Read more »
Bipartisan members of Colorado’s congressional delegation asked the Trump administration Friday for the evidence it used to halt up to $300 million in federal aid payments and to keep the money flowing.
In a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the lawmakers warned, “any lapse in funding from these programs would have serious consequences… Read more »
Without access to federal child care assistance, single mother Robbie Basham would have to leave her job to care for her son full-time.
"His quality of life would go down because I wouldn't be able to pay for what we need to live," Basham said.
A funding freeze on federal safety-net programs that support low-income families and their children will harm all families who… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Last night, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) hosted a telephone town hall with constituents across Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, giving nearly 8,000 Coloradans the opportunity to ask questions, share their concerns, and hear directly from Rep. Pettersen about the issues impacting their families and communities.
During the call, Rep.… Read more »
GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Colorado School of Mines is launching a new bachelor’s degree in quantum systems engineering, creating the first baccalaureate degree of its kind in the U.S and a critical bridge for building the workforce needed to transform quantum breakthroughs into real-world technologies.
More than half of today’s quantum jobs require a… Read more »
House Democrats introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday, coming after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting in Minneapolis and DHS operations across the country.
Signing on to the proposed articles of impeachment were Colorado Democratic U.S. Reps. Brittany Pettersen… Read more »
More than 50 Democrats serving in the House of Representatives have signed onto articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
Why It Matters
Representative Robin Kelly, an Illinois Democrat, introduced articles of impeachment against Noem after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman in… Read more »
Parents and child care providers who rely on the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program are worried about what happens after Jan. 31.
That’s when the state expects a federal fund for low-income families’ access to child care to run out of money after the Trump administration said it is halting the money to Colorado and four other Democratic-led states over unsubstantiated… Read more »
U.S. Reps. Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to protect investors, maintain efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.
Their bill, the Public Company Advisory Committee Act, would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by establishing a Public Company Advisory Committee within the Securities and Exchange Commission.… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Congressman Joe Morelle (NY-25), and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), led a call on the Trump administration, demanding accountability for their illegal, targeted freezing of federal childcare and family assistance funding designated for Colorado, New York, California, Illinois, and Minnesota.
This letter… Read more »
