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Donald, this I will tell you

We’ve known each other a long time, so I think I can be blunt. You know how you said at campaign rallies that you did not like being identified as a politician? Don’t w...

DATE: Mar 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Our poop-prone PUPS AND US

When I’m 90, I’ll probably still be haunted by memories of bins overflowing with the remnants of hiking snacks and thinly wrapped dog turds, left to bake for a week in small plastic bags. ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Schools, horses, camels and coal

The first day of spring has arrived and the legislative session is more than halfway over. This week, we had our first late night of debate on the Senate floor. We have already had some late...

DATE: Mar 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Keep Lake Nighthorse quiet

In case anyone is wondering, it is highly unlikely that Lake Nighthorse will be open for recreation in 2017. Last spring, I wrote an opinion piece about the lake because I felt th...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

U.S. House lacks common sense and compassion

WASHINGTON – In its zeal to repeal, the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule forbidding the baiting, trapping and “denning” of bears...

DATE: Mar 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Protecting America’s public lands

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt came to Colorado for a three-week bear hunting trip. Perhaps inspired by Colorado’s beauty, that same year, he created the U.S. Forest Service to manage...

DATE: Mar 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

GOP health care plan leads to the end of an era

The Republican health care bill could represent the moment when the old order of American politics completely cracks up, the end of a certain era in American politics. That era be...

DATE: Mar 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Vote “for” 1A: Remove fluoride from city water

The special City Council meeting to discuss fluoridation was filled to the brim, with 40 to 50 people standing out in the lobby. Even though council claimed to hear nothing new from those ag...

DATE: Mar 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Vote “against” 1A: Fluoride protects our health

In my 30 years of practice providing health care to low income kids, I have seen the profound difference in dental decay in kids living in communities without fluoridation. Cortez is one exa...

DATE: Mar 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

From the Statehouse: on ground water, coal rolling and charter schools

These have been interesting times in the General Assembly. The worst of government rears its ugly head every now and then. That has been the case these past few days. In my last ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

In service to Colorado

2,581 Americorps members currently serve in 392 locations statewide More than 130 veterans have served in Southwest Colorado and completed: 13,735 hours tutoring K-12 students 1...

DATE: Mar 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Americorps exemplifies American values

Exemplifying American values

DATE: Mar 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Donald, this I will tell you

Our poop-prone PUPS AND US

Schools, horses, camels and coal

Keep Lake Nighthorse quiet

U.S. House lacks common sense and compassion

Protecting America’s public lands

GOP health care plan leads to the end of an era

Vote “for” 1A: Remove fluoride from city water

Vote “against” 1A: Fluoride protects our health

From the Statehouse: on ground water, coal rolling and charter schools

In service to Colorado

Americorps exemplifies American values

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