Jim,

US Representative Ed Perlmutter is one of the 435 members of the US House of Representatives, which meets in Washington, DC. There are seven US Representatives elected from Colorado: DeGette (D, CD1); Polis (D, CD2); Tipton (R, CD3); Gardner (R-CD4); Lamborn (R, CD5); Coffman (R, CD6); Perlmutter (D, CD7). There are also 100 members elected to the US Senate, two from each of the 50 participating states. Udall (D) and Bennet (D) are the two US Senators from Colorado. Together, the 435 members of the US House and the 100 members of the US Senate are the 535 members of "Congress," which is a term that is appropriate to the two legislative bodies that meet in Washington, DC.

The Colorado legislature meets in Denver, Colorado. I am one of 65 State Representatives who serve in the Colorado House of Representatives. There are also 35 people elected to the State Senate. Those who are elected from their respective districts then meet in Denver from January through May each year. The committee members listed above were the three majority party members (Democrats) who were appointed by Senate President Brandon Shaffer (D, Longmont) to the State Senate Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs for the 2011 and 2012 sessions of the 68th General Assembly (aka state legislature).

As a side note, the 100 of us who serve in the state legislature are members of the "Colorado General Assembly." While you did not use the term "Congress," people often refer to me/us as members of the "state congress," but there is no such thing. In the US, "Congress" is a federal term. I equate it to calling John Hickenlooper the "President of Colorado" or Barack Obama the "Governor of the United States." While both terms refer to a chief executive within the Executive Branch of government, one refers to a federal office and the other refers to a state office.

Hope this helps.

- Chris