WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-07) and Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) introduced two bipartisan bills that would help family caregivers better save for retirement. These bills, the Improving Retirement Security for Family Caregivers Act and the Catching Up Family Caregivers Act, would help address the financial challenges faced by individuals who leav... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) joined Representatives Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), Steve Cohen (TN-07), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Dina Titus (NV-03), David Min (CA-47), Shri Thanedar (MI-13), and Sarah McBride (DE-AL) in introducing articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The legislation follows Hegseth’s role in launching Donald Trump’s unautho... Read More »
Click Here for a downloadable version of this photo and others LAKEWOOD – Yesterday, at a press conference with local leaders, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) introduced legislation – the Save Money, Save Lives Act – to repeal a provision in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that eliminates Section 1115 Waivers. These waivers allow states like Colorado to tailor Medicaid program... Read More »
Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after House Republican Leadership refused to allow a vote on Senate-passed legislation to fund the majority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – including Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The legislation excluded funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border ... Read More »
In a victory for special districts across the country, last week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act. The legislation (H.R. 2766), which is sponsored by Representatives Pat Fallon (R-TX) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), cleared the committee on a strong, bipartisan vote of 32-8. To view the committee's action on H.R. 2766,... Read More »
KEY TAKEAWAYS ASA applauds 25 bipartisan lawmakers for urging CMS to withdraw policies that would remove coverage of non-opioid pain treatments. Peripheral nerve blocks are a safe and effective non-opioid pain treatment that has been covered by CMS for decades. ASA, a coalition of pain medicine organizations, and bipartisan members of Congress urge CMS to continue Medicare coverage of peripheral n... Read More »
DENVER — State lawmakers are set to discuss a bill Wednesday that would require social media companies to respond to search warrant requests quicker. HB26-1255 was created in response to the shooting at Evergreen High School in September. v Denver7 was told then that the FBI was looking into social media posts made by the 16-year-old shooter, just two months before he critically injured two studen... Read More »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the bipartisan Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act introduced by Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Chuck Edwards (NC-11). This bill would help communities impacted by natural disasters recover and rebuild more resilient to future threats through reforestation and restoration efforts. Over 3 million Coloradans – more th... Read More »
All six Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation — led by U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen — demanded yesterday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “immediately” stop holding people for “extended periods of time in small, confined rooms that are meant to be a temporary holding space.” In a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s Acting Director Todd Lyons, the lawma... Read More »
DENVER, Colorado — A recent article published by the Colorado Times Recorder shares that federal immigration authorities have been using United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facilities throughout the state. Their investigation uncovered nine, prompting calls from the state's Democratic congressional delegation for answers. ICE is categorically denying that the holding facilit... Read More »
Six Colorado Democrats on Wednesday demanded answers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on the agency’s apparent violations of its own rules governing the detention of immigrants in holding rooms in nondescript locations across the state. Scrutiny of the facilities follows a March 8 investigation by the Colorado Times Recorder, based on information from the Deportation Data Project... Read More »
Filas de seguridad más largas, retrasos en vuelos y escasez de personal de la TSA se están volviendo cada vez más comunes en los principales aeropuertos de Estados Unidos mientras el segundo cierre del gobierno en seis meses se prolonga durante una de las temporadas de viaje más concurridas. En el Aeropuerto Internacional de Denver —el principal aeropuerto comercial de Colorado y uno de los más tr... Read More »
Today, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) led Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Representatives Diana DeGette (CO-01), Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Jason Crow (CO-06) in pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons for answers following alarming reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is secretly holding detained individuals ... Read More »
Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen is co-sponsoring a bill that would require Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) officers to be paid during government shutdowns. “Going without pay is difficult for anyone. I know I couldn't go without being paid for an entire month. I and so many people are in that same position,” Pettersen said. The legislation is called the Keep Air Travel S... Read More »
Colorado Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen is co-sponsoring a bill that would require Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) officers to be paid during government shutdowns. “Going without pay is difficult for anyone. I know I couldn't go without being paid for an entire month. I and so many people are in that same position,” Pettersen said. The legislation is called the Keep Air Travel S... Read More »
