Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed three pieces of bipartisan legislation led by Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) to help address the affordable housing crisis in Colorado and across the country. Specifically, her bills update outdated zoning laws, increase housing supply, and expand access to affordable housing options, particularly in rural areas. In Colorado, there is curren... Read More »
Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) — formerly known as National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) — announced another round of employee layoffs due to federal funding cuts: “Donald Trump has consistently put our federal workforce on the chopping block. These are people who work to make energy mo... Read More »
EVERGREEN, CO — Today, at a press conference, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) with State Representative Tammy Story, Jefferson County Sheriff Reggie Marinelli, and members of the Evergreen community, outlined a coordinated legislative response following the tragedy at Evergreen High School last September. In briefings after the September 10 shooting, Jefferson County elected officia... Read More »
In the hours after one new mom's emergency C-section − nine weeks before her due date − and as her baby girl was whisked away to the neonatal intensive care unit to be hooked up to life-saving machines, she emailed her boss. She was supposed to start a new job in five days. She'd negotiated for paid maternity leave in her contract, thinking she'd at least have a couple of months of work under her ... Read More »
Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen released the following statement after Senate Republicans and Democrats reached a short-term agreement to temporarily extend funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through a two-week continuing resolution (CR): “Our country is at a breaking point because of this administration’s illegal and fascistic actions — rogue agents are shooting a... Read More »
Representative Brittany Pettersen has announced that her staff will hold mobile office hours in Chaffee County from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 4. The session has been organized to assist residents with federal agency requests, from passports, the IRS, and veterans’ benefits, to Medicare, Social Security, or any federal agency. “If you need assistance, please stop by to meet in pers... Read More »
Freedom of the press is a protected right of this democracy, but it seems that our federal government has either forgotten, or is ignoring that fact. On Friday, we took yet another step toward the authoritarian nirvana outlined in Project 2025 when the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for re... Read More »
The Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached in the wake of the second fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minnesota this month amid mounting criticism of the Trump administration’s deportation policies. In addition, the state’s two Democratic senators, Michael Bennet ... Read More »
US lawmakers condemned an attack on Representative Ilhan Omar on Tuesday, with several accusing President Donald Trump of inciting violence through criticism of the Democrat from the state of Minnesota. "During her town hall, an agitator tried to attack the Congresswoman by spraying an unknown substance with a syringe," according to Omar's office, adding security and Minneapolis police quickly app... Read More »
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's safe after a man was arrested on charges of third-degree assault after allegedly spraying her with what turned out to be apple cider vinegar at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, some of her Congressional colleagues who represent Colorado denounced the attack. Videos from the event show Kazmierczak rushing up to Omar, sprayi... Read More »
DENVER (KDVR) — The six Democrats from Colorado’s congressional delegation are now calling for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign and for major reform to ICE operations. The lawmakers said Alex Pretti’s parents, who live in Colorado, are fueling their calls for change. “I will not stand by while the administration lies about Alex and his family,” Sen. Michael Bennet sa... Read More »
DENVER — Colorado Democratic lawmakers said a Minnesota man killed by federal immigration agents over the weekend was “murdered by our own government” and demanded ICE reforms during a virtual news conference Tuesday. “Every Republican, Democrat, and citizen should be absolutely horrified by what we're seeing,” said Rep. Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat who represents Colorado's 7th Congressional Di... Read More »
Every Democratic member of Congress from Colorado called for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Border Patrol agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The legislators say U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is a lawless, rogue agency terrorizing Americans. In a press call U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Lakewood hosted Tuesday, Democrats fr... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after House Republicans rejected her amendments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill that would have put commonsense checks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of the murder of Minneapolis resident Renee Good and a disturbing pattern of extreme force, family... Read More »
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 comes in the wake of the murder ... Read More »
