Socialism concentrates political and economic power in the same hands.

When government owns part or all of private companies, government is no longer just setting the rules—it becomes a player in the game and sets the rules to its own advantage and against the people.

now I am forced to talk to TMZ. … I am talking out of the side of my mouth … because my Botox hasn't caught up.

It's a big issue on the left and the right, and many of my constituents have reached out.

If you are interested in, and I’m sure everybody here is, in creating a set of incentives that actually will lead to better results, that will allow us to attack fraud and abuse and waste in these systems, that is not the system that we…

The state is in complete agreement with Adams County Health Department’s requests to GEO, and we are aware that the County has already sought to compel cooperation through a public health order.

I know local leaders across the state have worked with Lesley, and what they have said about her and what she has done speaks volumes, that we’re not getting someone who’s going to need a long learning curve.

The fact is, GEO is not cooperative, and so we have an incident here. There could be other incidents down the road.

Trump and his DOJ are attacking elections and democracy.

It’s in our interest to protect the public health of our community to be able to merely make a statement that requests or demands that (The GEO Group) comply on behalf of our residents.

I think the county and state may be prepared to go to court to force (GEO) to comply.

As a private company, GEO Group is required to comply with state health and safety regulations.

Our federal system depends on state and federal courts each fulfilling their proper role.

ICE is out of control and needs to be reined in.

The reported tuberculosis case at the ICE detention camp in Aurora is a serious public health issue and GEO must work with the State to investigate any potential outbreak or exposure to others.

both the Upper and Lower divisions of the basin are feeling the pain of severe drought, and that they were committed to continued good-faith discussions with our counterparts.

At this stage of the case, it would be an overreach and improper for the Supreme Court to prevent Colorado courts from considering the merits of this litigation.

Our birthdays are always linked — we’re a little bit like a kid with a birthday on Christmas Day.