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Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) announced she has requested millions of dollars in federal funding for 15 community projects across Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. Pettersen’s projects include efforts to expand access to affordable child care, bolster wildfire prevention efforts, upgrade critical water infrastructure, and more.    “At a time when… Read more »

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Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting against Republicans’ disastrous budget bill: “It’s hard for me to hold back tears when trying to articulate how bad this bill truly is and what it will do to families and communities across this country. We only needed a few Republicans to stand up and do the right thing for their… Read more »

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Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) highlighted stories from Coloradans who would be directly impacted by the Republican plan to gut Medicaid. The proposal – which passed the Senate and is expected to be voted on in the House – would strip care from 11.8 million Americans while adding $3.3 trillion to the national deficit.  “We’re talking about real people who will… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   WASHINGTON — Just one week after Texas Rep. Brandon Gill’s wife had given birth to their second child, the first-term Republican boarded a plane to Washington, D.C., to vote on a crucial markup for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” It wasn’t Gill’s plan to return to the Capitol so soon. In fact, the 31-year-old father had left town on… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   WASHINGTON — Just one week after Texas Rep. Brandon Gill’s wife had given birth to their second child, the first-term Republican boarded a plane to Washington, D.C., to vote on a crucial markup for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” It wasn’t Gill’s plan to return to the Capitol so soon. In fact, the 31-year-old father had left town on… Read more »

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Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) voted against Republican-backed legislation – H.Res. 516 – that spreads falsehoods about the immigration protests in Los Angeles, California, and legitimizes Trump’s ICE raids and deployment of the military to communities across the country.  “Let’s be clear: every American has the right to peacefully take to the… Read more »

Link to The Original Article   WASHINGTON D.C. — A Supreme Court decision Thursday bolsters efforts by conservative states to defund Planned Parenthood and could have impacts on the rights of patients who use Medicaid. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the justices ruled that patients do not have a right to sue states over how they manage Medicaid, essentially… Read more »