Political Quotes

“over the past couple of weeks Congress and the Senate had its State work period, and during that time we go back to our State and travel, listening to our constituents. I had the incredible opportunity to go to Colorado and spend time on the Front Range, on the I-25 Corridor, where the vast majority of the population of Colorado lives, and also spent some time in Western Colorado, which most people identify as being where they travel to Colorado, with the ski resorts, mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Great Sand Dunes National Park. I also had a chance to visit some of the smaller communities in Southern Colorado, including an area known as the San Luis Valley, where some of the longest living Colorado families have farms. There are families and businesses. The focus of this visit was about how we grow the economy in the San Luis Valley, the Eastern Plains, and the Western Slope--areas that haven't seen as much economic growth as, perhaps, Denver, Fort Collins, or Colorado Springs. I also wanted to spend some time getting into the community and talking about a couple of the issues they face when it comes to the opioid crisis that this country faces. Over the past several years, a great deal of attention has been paid to prescription drug addiction and to prescription drug overdoses. My home State of Colorado actually has an average that exceeds the national average when it comes to prescription addiction and overdose.…”