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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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Dec 16, 2019

No one is above the law and that includes the President.

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Dec 4, 2019

I don't have any other speakers as well, so I will close. I assume that was my friend's closing.

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Dec 4, 2019

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

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Oct 22, 2019

I was going to say to my friend: That sounded like that was your closing. Should we just take it as that?

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Oct 22, 2019

I would like it to stay in America and not go to Switzerland.

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Sep 25, 2019

May I inquire how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DeGette). The gentleman from Colorado has 4 minutes remaining. The gentleman from North Carolina has 4 minutes remaining.

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Sep 25, 2019

To my friend from Michigan, I guess I have more confidence in the Federal employees that they can get something done in the next 180 days. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck) who has been working on…

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Sep 10, 2019

I remember we were at the construction of what was the Freedom Tower, also known as One World Trade Center.

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Sep 10, 2019

In Colorado, we are more likely to have fir than mahogany. That I would say. So, no, I appreciate that.

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Sep 10, 2019

We had a bill called the GREEN Act, you may recall, that dealt with a lot of construction, mortgage, renewable energy, and energy-efficiency techniques.

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Sep 10, 2019

I want to thank you for your service to the country, and for working with me on a couple of items involving the National Renewable Energy Lab.

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Sep 8, 2019

I think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.

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Jul 25, 2019

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

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Jul 24, 2019

I think we've got just a lot more work to do.

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Jul 16, 2019

I think what we are struggling with is, what are you? I mean, you are a medium. You are an intermediary.

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Jun 24, 2019

So I guess my dynamics are between you and OMB (Office of Management and Budget), how does it really work?

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Jun 24, 2019

Remember, last year, you and the Under Secretary and I talked about these budget cuts, which last year were pretty draconian.

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Jun 3, 2019

We need to have an Export-Import Bank. The ideological arguments that have been made by some people in the Administration... make no sense.

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May 21, 2019

I kind of wanted to object, but I didn't. Madam Speaker, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous question. The material previously referred to by Mr. Woodall is as follows: Amendment to House Resolution 389 In section 2…

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May 21, 2019

Responding to my good friend from Georgia, we are going to have a chance to vote on this in the rule, and we will see whether or not a majority is in favor of the changes that were made as part of this rule package. I would say to my…

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May 21, 2019

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

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May 14, 2019

So just kind of run through what kinds--where we are, if we were enforcing sanctions, and where we could go if we considered these acts to be as terrible as I think they are.

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May 14, 2019

But listening to the testimony and sort of going back over the invasion of Ukraine, Crimea, the cyber war that has been conducted against us, the biological warfare and the chemical warfare, killing the guy in England, and the fact that we…

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May 14, 2019

We will not tolerate attacks on our democracy.

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May 14, 2019

Our democracy was attacked, and if we do nothing, it will be attacked again.

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