From our Congressman - The Durango Herald

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

Seven years later, still no real alternative from GOP

According to Politico, a Trump confidante says that the man in the Oval Office – or more often at Mar-a-Lago – is “tired of everyone thinking his presidency is screwed up.” Pro ti...

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

Commissioners deliver annual State of the County address

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

More money does not always mean more strength

NEW YORK – The first time I met Gen. David Petraeus, he said something that surprised me. It was the early days of the Iraq War and, while things were not going well, he had dire...

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

Plans to end methane waste rule threaten U.S. security

For the past decade, I have worked as a technical recruiter, specializing in recruiting software engineers who are employed within the Department of Defense, law enforcement and intelligence...

DATE: Mar 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Who will defend Enlightenment this time around?

Being around a college classroom can really expand your perspective. For example, last week we were finishing off a seminar in grand strategy when one of my colleagues, Charles Hill, drew a ...

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

Border wall could be catastrophic to wildlife

The Santa Rita Mountains, a chain of forested peaks that rise from the desert southeast of Tucson, Arizona, rank among the Southwest’s premier biodiversity hotspots. The region’s most notabl...

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