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Bigger, heavier trucks on our highways a bad idea

While Colorado firefighters and emergency medical services personnel often face tremendous obstacles and circumstances, the pledge we make as first responders is that we will always give our...

DATE: May 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Let moms who need help know they are not alone

For many women, pregnancy is naturally uplifting, bringing with it the bliss of motherhood and the joy of nurturing a new life. But for too many women, pregnancy and the birth of...

DATE: May 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

America’s hope resides in its original promise

Why are Americans so damn scared? We are building a wall to seal ourselves off from a friendly neighbor, forgetting how Ronald Reagan mocked and excoriated another attempt in the past to sep...

DATE: May 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Trumpcare bill embraces an Orwellian future

There have been many bad laws in U.S. history. Some bills were poorly conceived; some were cruel and unjust; some were sold on false pretenses. Some were all of the above. But has...

DATE: May 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Providing Colorado TV for Colorado residents

By Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton Colorado residents deserve the chance to watch Colorado television, plain and simple. But as residents in La Plata ...

DATE: May 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

For a sense of hope, I am sticking with millennials

We have betrayed this generation in that way, and these millennials will not soon forget that. Remarkably, I seldom hear even an echo of bitterness from them. They are determined to make the...

DATE: May 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

It is well past time to overhaul TABOR

With the great recession fading from the rearview mirror and housing prices climbing in Denver and Front Range communities, Colorado continues to show signs of a healthy economy. Colorado re...

DATE: May 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Give or get help during mental health awareness month

“How could anyone here be depressed?” That was one of the questions I recently heard in a small town in Colorado. A colleague and I have been traveling throughout the state to di...

DATE: May 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: Increasing loss of faith in civilization is ominous

Between 1935 and 1975, Will and Ariel Durant published a series of volumes that together were known as “The Story of Civilization.” They basically told human history (mostly West...

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

Make this time of year safe for both people and bears

April: Make this time of year safe for both people and bears

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

New tax plan is ‘voodoo economics’ all over again

According to many reports, Donald Trump is getting frantic as his administration nears the 100-day mark. It’s an arbitrary line in the sand, but one he himself touted in many pre-inauguratio...

DATE: Apr 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

With North Korea, we do have some cards to play

WASHINGTON – The crisis with North Korea may appear trumped up. It’s not. Given that Pyongyang has had nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles for more than a decade, why the panic...

DATE: Apr 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman