Washington, Feb. 10 -- Representative Brittany Pettersen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) released the following statement after the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) - formerly known as National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - announced another round of employee layoffs due to federal funding cuts:
"Donald Trump has consistently put our federal workforce on the chopping block. These are people who work to make energy more affordable, conduct groundbreaking climate research, and keep our state up and running.
"Beyond being some of our country's brightest minds, these are our community members, our neighbors who have families to support. Trump's backwards agenda is go...