WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: As part of the National Defense Authorization Act which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) successfully included an amendment on behalf of Rocky Flats workers and other Cold War patriots to improve the Energy Employees Occupational Illness and Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). During the Cold War, approximately 600,000 Americans were employed at atomic weapon  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, who represents Colorado's 2nd Congressional District, introduced legislation to ban oil, gas, and mineral drilling beneath Federally owned Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites. The On or Under Act would direct the federal government to acquire mineral rights beneath federal NPL Superfund sites, and prohibit their extraction or disturbance. Across Colorado, there ar  more