DENVER—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) joined Major Robert C. Churchill, during a ceremony held in her Lakewood office this week, to posthumously award the Purple Heart Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge to the family of Private First Class Simon Cardenas, a… Read more »
DENVER—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) are introducing a bipartisan bill alongside U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Ted Budd (R-NC) named the Connecting Our Neighbors to Networks and Ensuring Competitive Telecommunications (CONNECT) Act of 2023 to reform the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ReConnect Loan and Grant Program.… Read more »
DENVER—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) sent two letters aimed at addressing concerns with postal service in Colorado’s Seventh Congressional District. The first is a bipartisan letter she sent alongside Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), and others to United States Postmaster Louis DeJoy and Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Michael… Read more »
DENVER—Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen and Yadira Caraveo joined U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado Governor Jared Polis to celebrate the upcoming one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage and to highlight the law’s landmark investments in clean energy, domestic manufacturing, local economies, and the American people.
High… Read more »
DENVER—U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) is urging veterans in Colorado’s Seventh Congressional District who are eligible to apply for PACT Act benefits before August 9, 2023 to receive 12 months of backdated compensation.
“Our veterans answered the call to serve our country, and I'm committed to ensuring they have the benefits and resources they earned,” said… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the bipartisan Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years. The bill contains numerous provisions spearheaded by U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) to make… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Yesterday, New Democrat Coalition (NDC) Health Care, Substance Use, and Mental Health Task Force Vice Chairs Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) alongside Chair Terri Sewell (AL-07) led a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) of nine Coalition Members to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD. This visit is just the latest in… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after voting against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024:
“The Republican party has once again been hijacked by extremists at the expense of the American people. They co-opted a crucial bill that authorizes funding for the military–which has had bipartisan… Read more »
WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Joe Neguse (CO-02) introduced legislation to study and improve access to mental health care services for America’s farmers and ranchers. This legislation also requires a feasibility study on including six reimbursable therapy sessions by providers that are trained and dedicated to serving the needs of farmers, ranchers, and… Read more »
WASHINGTON—This week, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced legislation alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and John Fetterman (D-PA) that would provide tenants and owners of manufactured (mobile) homes with enhanced protections against predatory landowners in federally backed Manufactured Housing… Read more »
