Honorable Ed Perlmutter
United States Representatives, Colorado, Democrat
Representative Perlmutter, of Colorado’s Seventh District, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006. He served in the Colorado Senate from 1995 to 2003, where he was President Pro Tempore from 2001 to 2003. He sits on the Financial Services Committee and the Rules Committee. The following is from the July 31, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3269, the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act. I appreciate the comments of my friend from New Jersey, but I would say the word that comes to mind is "amnesia." My friends on the Republican side of the…