Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse sponsored H.R. 6467 to provide $250 billion to local governments, including his own town of Boulder.
Never mind that Boulder hasn’t exhausted its rainy day fund, pushed a $17 “living wage” for its staff and spends $6 million a year of its budget on climate initiatives; Boulder apparently needs ranchers in Craig and peach farmers in Palisade to bail ’em out and Rep. Scott Tipton is eager to help make that happen.
As of today, 140 Democrats have joined as co-sponsors of this bill and only five Republicans. The very first Republican to do so was Tipton. As far as I’m concerned, Boulder should be the last to ever receive a dime of federal bailout funds.
A more responsible approach would be to let the Democrats bring the bill to the floor and then offer amendments to make sure cost-saving measures and rainy day funds are exhausted before asking for federal funds that the government doesn’t have and can’t afford.
I took some heat last December for criticizing Tipton when he voted for a 2,000-plus-page, $1.4 trillion spending package in less than 24 hours after the bill was introduced. This was pre-coronavirus and at the height of a strong economy. Now he’s signing off on every stimulus package he can find, no questions asked. Colorado GOP Chairman and Colorado Rep. Ken Buck continues to caution that we can’t sit idly by while America goes bankrupt. I agree.
If you want a truly conservative representative who will fight to send President Trump better bills, then I’m your candidate in the upcoming Republican June Primary for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lauren BoebertSilt
