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Ed Perlmutter is a Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Colorado's 7th congressional district from 2007 until 2023. During his time in Congress, he focused on issues such as healthcare, renewable energy, and economic development. Perlmutter was known for his work on the House Financial Services Committee and his advocacy for small businesses and job creation in Colorado. He has been an active voice in promoting policies aimed at improving the lives of his constituents and addressing pressing national issues.
This is the amendment we've been visiting about over the course of this bill. And what it does, the structure of the bill is such that it solicits, an issuer can solicit small investments via the Internet or some other mass type of media…
I want my friend from New York to catch her breath. That's why I'm going to claim time in opposition. But I also do have a question. In 2008 when the stock market crashed, when we saw home prices drop like a rock, when people lost their…
How much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from North Carolina has 2 minutes remaining. Mr. McHENRY. Will my colleague yield?
The best way to reduce the debt that this country has is to put people back to work. When they are back to work, they are paying their taxes and they are not getting unemployment. We need to get everybody in this country working, and the…
Whether these regulations really resolve those kinds of frauds or not is something I would like to hear about.
We need to be focusing on more investor confidence, not less, and we need to be focusing on jobs.
I thank my friend from California. I would say the view from Colorado is, there's a lot of pushing and pulling back here, and I would call upon my moderate friends in the Republican Party, if there are any anymore, to stop this tomfoolery…
I thank my friend from California and Ms. Sutton from Ohio. And as they've said, the best way to pay the debt that this Nation has incurred is for people to work. All of a sudden you've got revenue coming in, and you don't have to pay…
I was going to say to my friend, over the course of the last 10 years we know where the debt really came from. It wasn't in early childhood education. It wasn't in national parks. It was in two tax cuts--a couple trillion dollars or more…
I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I think we've got to go back 10 years and just talk about where we were at that time. Under Bill Clinton, this country had a surplus. Revenues exceeded expenses. Things were going…
I am from Colorado, and in Colorado, just like all across the country, Americans believe that if they work hard, if they play by the rules, if they're responsible in how they conduct their lives, they're going to get ahead. Well, it's been…
Thank you, Mr. Garamendi. I think you all have been focused on the real issue in front of us. We have some budget issues, but the best way to handle our debt is to put people back to work. The quickest way to reduce the debt or the deficit…
I know time is short, but in Colorado, we are very fortunate to have the National Renewable Energy Lab which is the finest lab of its kind anywhere in the world to help us develop ways to better use our energy. A gallon saved is a gallon…
The best way to deal with this country's debt is to put people back to work. We've heard it from both sides of the aisle. At the end of Bill Clinton's administration, this country had a surplus. Revenues exceeded expenses. There was job…
Listening to some of the Republicans that were speaking here earlier today, they want to blame Medicare, early childhood education, grants to firefighters for the debt that we have when everybody knows that at the end of the Clinton…
First I want to echo the words of my colleague from Colorado, Mike Coffman, in expressing our sympathies to the families of Corporal Kirton from Centennial, Colorado, who died this past week in combat. That is a loss to Colorado, that is a…
I just say to my friend from Georgia, who really is my friend, that this isn't about demagoguery, sir. And what I would say, Madam Chair, the issue before us is: What got our country into a financial pickle? The Republicans want to pick on…
Reclaiming my time, I would say to my friend from Georgia, do you know what? If those tax benefits are taken away at $100 a barrel, we can put them into Medicare. We can use them to balance the budget. But I heard my other friend from…
This week, the Republicans are rolling out their budget. And some people say it's a new, bold budget. I'd say to my friends on the Republican side of the aisle, it's the same old budget: misplaced priorities, focus on making sure we…
Thank you, Mr. Garamendi. The way I would wrap it up is that, yes, we are confronted with a budgetary issue that we have got to deal with. We can't run away from it. We can't forget how we got here: tax cuts for millionaires and…
I thank my friend from California. I hope you don't go too far for that water, because I want to express my concern about the way the Republican Party, the majority in the House, is providing for running this country. It is a pretty…
And I would say to my friend, look, I wish we were not here. I wish that, going back to 2001, 2002, I wish President Bush hadn't had the country take a voluntary pay cut. We were on the road to a surplus. We were almost done getting rid of…
I would just reiterate, if we make it in America, we will make it in America. ____________________
As one of the previous Members on the Democratic side talked about, tomorrow is April Fools. April 1, April Fools. The Republicans would like to have everybody believe that a bill that just passed the House but has never passed the Senate…
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