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HISEY: Some good news in the final week

Jun 15, 2020

First – good news for parental rights and homeschoolers, as well as a mea culpa from me. I wrote earlier that there was a homeschool exemption in SB20-163 as it left the Senate for the House. Turns out I was incorrect and several people let me know. Thank you, I do read the comments you send back. Given our interrupted session and as the bill was still working its way through the House, it seemed prudent to wait for the final vote to report back.

SONNENBERG: Northeast Colorado suffering from metro area decisions

May 19, 2020

King Jared and Dean Williams have failed to protect Sterling Correctional Facility, leaving the residents of Northeast Colorado vulnerable. Safe in their ivory towers, the governor and his executive director of Colorado’s Department of Corrections sit congratulating themselves while the citizens of Northeastern Colorado are left to correct the mess of their colossal failures.

Senate Republicans Respond to Governor Polis’ Abuse of Power

May 18, 2020

REMOTE LOCATIONS ACROSS COLORADO - In hearing the news of Governor Jared Polis' decision to unilaterally allocate $1.6 billion in CARES Act funds from the federal government, members of the Senate Republican caucus released the following statements: From Senator Bob...

SONNENBERG: We can defeat this virus — without shuttering businesses and killing jobs

Mar 26, 2020

We have a saying in the country when someone is getting a bit too rambunctious: "Hold yer horses!" When learning of these new and ever-more drastic restrictions, is there a point at which you would say enough is enough? At what point is the solution worse than the problem?

Republican Lawmakers Submit Brief to Supreme Court Regarding Interrogatory

Mar 25, 2020

DENVER – On Tuesday, all 40 Republican Senators and Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly submitted a brief supporting the Colorado Constitution’s limitation of the legislative session to 120 consecutive calendar days, challenging the notion that somehow...

Senator Smallwood Tests Positive for COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020

DENVER – Senator Jim Smallwood (R-Parker) received results on Sunday, March 22, that confirmed he was positive for COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus. He released the following statement: “I want to first let everybody know that I’m currently feeling great....

COOKE: More price controls are the wrong Rx for health care in Colorado

Feb 4, 2020

While impeachment dominates the national news cycle, one policy debate lingers just below the surface: how to deal with “surprise medical bills.” One proposal would use the heavy hand of government to impose price controls on treatments subject to surprise billing.

Senators Crowder and Sonnenberg’s Statements on Arkansas Valley Conduit Funding

Feb 4, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 2/4/20 DENVER — Senators Larry Crowder (R-Alamosa) and Jerry Sonnenberg (R-Sterling) released the following statements regarding the Tuesday morning announcement of federal funding for the Arkansas Valley Conduit. “Despite being authorized by...

LUNDEEN: No more kicking the can down the (potholed) road

Jan 27, 2020

For years — decades even — Coloradans have called upon the General Assembly to prioritize Colorado’s outdated transportation infrastructure. Our elected officials have for so long kicked this proverbial can down the (potholed) road that the Colorado Department of Transportation now has a backlog of anywhere from $7 billion to $9 billion in projects. To put that in perspective, that’s nearly a fourth of Colorado’s entire budget this year.

Leader Holbert Responds to Governor Polis’ Budget Proposal

Nov 1, 2019

DENVER – Following Governor Jared Polis’ budget briefing this afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert (R-Douglas County) issued the following statement: “Governor Polis seems to have adjusted well from the deficit-spending of Washington D.C. to the budgetary...

GARDNER & LUNDEEN: All is not well at the Colorado Civil Rights Division and Commission, as suspected

Oct 21, 2019

By Senators Bob Gardner and Paul Lundeen The recent audit of the Colorado civil rights division and the commission was nothing short of damning. Failure to properly abide by state law by holding all deliberations and votes behind closed doors, a lackluster ability to...

Senator Ray Scott Responds to CDPHE Study on Oil and Gas

Oct 17, 2019

DENVER - Following the unveiling of a study undertaken by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Senator Ray Scott (R-Grand Junction) issued the following response: “Democrats and environmental groups were somehow able to read through and digest a...

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