Ed Perlmutter

Our democracy is the greatest experiment in self-governance the world has ever seen.

Any infrastructure package needs to include substantial federal investment in partnership with innovative authorities.

Investing in our nation's infrastructure is an important issue which enjoys broad bipartisan support.

NREL is running out of both lab and office space, including collaborative space where commercial industry can partner.

I've seen first hand the problems federal employees face in buildings over 50 years old which are falling apart.

I think it is a very important conversation for this Nation to have.

I support Ms. Jayapal's legislation and I support the--beefing up of the Affordable Care Act.

The professionalism in your testimony is very much appreciated by this Congressman and I know the Rules Committee generally.

America should and can afford to provide a proper safety net to our elderly, our sick, and our poor.

It is only once or twice in your career when you are about to take a vote and your Chief of Staff comes in and says, 'You know, Bill, I know how you are going to vote on this and I am proud of how you are going to do it, but it is my job…

You will see a lot of handwringing about the lack of heroes in government, but especially those Members who are holding down tough seats and voted to rescue the economy, knowing what it would cost them.

I am going to be a very hard sell to chip away at that capital in these good times.

I think that is a great step in helping Americans earn a living wage.

We have had a hearing. We have now had a markup. We passed the bill out of this committee, 45 to 11, I think, or 45 to 15, 34 Democrats, 11 Republicans.

Obviously, we think there's something that is being withheld or covered up, but until we actually see it, till you release it, till a court orders it, we are not going to know; it is going to be all supposition on our part.

When Vice President Pence says we're in a space race... there's an element of national security that is attached to that somewhat.

I think it accelerates the effort to get to Mars, which I think is the underlying driving force here for inspiration.

I was disappointed in the report that came back on the pathway to Mars because they basically said... we don't think we can get there for a long time.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and welcome to our panel. Good to see you all, and a couple of you have seen me hold up the bumper sticker before.

And is this a perfect solution? No...

For years, we have been trying to address this in one form or another here in the Congress...

We supported the SAFE Banking Act, which was originally introduced in 2017 by Congressman Perlmutter.

The Cole Memo was suspended, and it is and has been creating a lot of confusion.

We are here in support of some sort of safe harbor for banks engaged in this industry, which we strongly support.

But the American voters have spoken and continue to speak, and the fact is you can't put the genie back in the bottle.