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Ed Perlmutter

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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.

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Mar 16, 2022

Ms. Sanchez' testimony is about as compelling as anything I have ever heard.

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Mar 1, 2022

the Congress, led by the Democrats, took some pretty substantial and dramatic steps, including the CARES Act, the American Rescue Plan, the infrastructure bill, to build a better America and to help us get out of what looked like it could…

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Mar 1, 2022

I thank you for your service, sir. I thank you for keeping us out of a recession. I think we built a better America by staying out of a recession.

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Feb 28, 2022

I ask my friend from Ohio--and I thank him for his remarks--if he has any other speakers. If not, I was hoping Ms. Moore would be here, but I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

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Feb 28, 2022

I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado has the only time remaining.

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Feb 28, 2022

The 855 women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, better known as the Six Triple Eight, were given a mission to sort a 2- year backlog of mail consisting of millions of letters. But these women did more than just sort and…

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Feb 28, 2022

I thank the gentleman for his personal remarks about how important the mail--receiving mail and receiving communication--is. There were 7 million people in the European theater during World War II, and there were many names that were…

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Feb 15, 2022

We ought to take a look at some of those ethics rules, because we just pile them on and we never go back...

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Feb 15, 2022

our goal is to be able to, you know, hand it off to a Democrat or Republican, hopefully a Democrat, but hand it off in as clean a fashion as possible

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Feb 15, 2022

I think we end up tripping over ourselves. We really ought to go back and kind of do a look at some of the ethics rules...

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Feb 15, 2022

we get treated like second-class citizens out here in the hinterlands.

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Feb 15, 2022

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And Danielle Radovich has been my chief of staff for the whole time we have been here...

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Feb 15, 2022

I would consider everything that I do is district business and it is not my business.

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Jan 19, 2022

I think we have made some strides on technology. And part of it, you know, was intentional, and part of it was necessity is the mother of invention.

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Jan 11, 2022

I would say in response to my friend, this is a situation in the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act where the National Guard and the Reserves are standing side-by-side with active military, and they are entitled to the same benefits that…

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Jan 11, 2022

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 860 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 860 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

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Jan 11, 2022

Yesterday the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 860. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1836, the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally…

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Jan 11, 2022

I would just like to thank the gentlewoman from Louisiana for talking about the need for broadband because in the American Rescue Plan there is funding for broadband for rural areas such as she represents as well as in the infrastructure…

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Jan 11, 2022

I appreciate the comments of Mr. Reschenthaler and Mrs. Hinson about schools. But this, in a word, is the Congress of the United States. This is not the Des Moines school board or the Punxsutawney school board where they may have…

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Jan 11, 2022

For purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler) pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

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Jan 11, 2022

May I inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Nov 30, 2021

Since ex-President Trump was defeated by Joe Biden in November of last year, we have added almost 6 million jobs.

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Nov 30, 2021

Unemployment is falling at the fastest rate in 50 years and is now at 4.6 percent.

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