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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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May 12, 2021

I appreciate my friends on the other side of the aisle trying to find a subject to talk about, since apparently they don't really have too many objections to either of the bills that are being discussed in the rule today. Obviously, it…

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May 12, 2021

As to H.R. 1065, there are at least 20, if not more, Republican cosponsors of that piece of legislation. I want the Record to reflect that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Ross), a member of the…

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May 12, 2021

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 380 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 380 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

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May 12, 2021

For the 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…

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May 12, 2021

The Rules Committee met yesterday and reported a rule, House Resolution 380, providing for consideration of H.R. 2547, the Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate, equally…

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May 12, 2021

I want to remind my friends on the Republican side of the aisle that we passed a bill about 2 months ago called the American Rescue Plan. Not one Republican voted for that. That had money to support law enforcement and local governments…

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May 12, 2021

I include in the Record a letter dated May 10, 2021, from about 85 different public interest and financial organizations supporting H.R. 2547. May 10, 2021. Re H.R. 2547, the ``Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act'' (Waters)…

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May 5, 2021

Would you agree with my concerns about the potential to manipulate low-priced stocks?

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May 5, 2021

Will you commit to doing better on this point in your current role at the SEC?

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May 5, 2021

Do you think it would be timely for the Commission to examine whether the rules around penny stocks... need to be updated?

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Apr 27, 2021

Well, all I can say is you are a lot nicer than Milton Friedman.

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Apr 27, 2021

And I know the Chairman's goal here is let's eradicate hunger.

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Apr 27, 2021

I agree with Norma, food insecurity kind of glosses over what I feel is the question of hunger.

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Apr 27, 2021

The White House conference could be that vehicle to connect the dots.

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Apr 27, 2021

It is hard to connect the dots in the system that we have.

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Apr 19, 2021

I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Fischbach), a member of the House Agriculture Committee and a leader on agriculture…

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Apr 19, 2021

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, Mr. Lynch, for his leadership on this important issue and the issues of financial technology…

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Apr 19, 2021

I would also like to thank Mr. Stivers for working with me so much over the last few years on this. I am going to miss him as he chooses to take another path in the near future. I just want to say on the floor, that he is a real credit to…

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Apr 19, 2021

I know the gentleman will forgive me, but I listed a lot of people on the SAFE Banking Act that I want to thank. One person who I forgot, and I would be remiss, is Mr. Denny Heck, who is now Lieutenant Governor of Washington and who was…

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Apr 19, 2021

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his many compliments. I would just remind him, we are the Financial Services Committee. We have a certain amount of jurisdiction that deals with financial institutions and financial services…

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Apr 19, 2021

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his work on this bill and his input on the card processing piece of the legislation. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer). He has put the effort together across a whole…

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Apr 19, 2021

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina. To his point that there is a broader discussion that has to take place, the purpose of this bill is a public safety purpose. Its purpose is to keep people from being killed, from being robbed, and…

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Apr 19, 2021

I include in the Record these endorsements for the SAFE Banking Act, including from the American Bankers Association, the American Council of Independent Laboratories, the American Council of Life Insurers, the American Financial Services…

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Mar 17, 2021

Thank you very much, and I want to thank the entire panel. I can't get to all of you, but I want to especially thank the Coloradans.

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Mar 16, 2021

there's also competition with foreign governments. And we can't forget that.

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