Washington, Aug. 24 -- Representative Brittany Pettersen issued the following press release:
Denver - Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen joined Senator Michael Bennet and Representative Jeff Hurd and the entire Colorado Congressional delegation - Senator John Hickenlooper and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse, Jason Crow, Lauren Boebert, Jeff Crank, and Gabe Evans - in a letter to President Trump expressing strong support for Governor Jared Polis' request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for Pueblo, Custer, and Ouray Counties in Colorado. This request comes in response to more than $18 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency validated damages from Colorado's Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain fires. ...