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Cory Gardner

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Cory Gardner is a former Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado, serving from 2015 to 2021. He was the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in Colorado since 2002. During his tenure, Gardner focused on issues such as energy policy, healthcare, and national security. He was known for his efforts to promote renewable energy and for his work on legislation related to nuclear weapons and defense. Gardner lost his re-election bid in 2020 to Democrat John Hickenlooper and has since stepped away from active political office.

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Oct 4, 2011

I think in that same conversation we talked about an editorial or an op-ed piece that was written by Charles Schwab, a very well respected voice when it comes to the economy in this country. In The Wall Street Journal editorial, it said…

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Sep 22, 2011

The American people deserve answers. What went wrong? What could have been done?

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Jun 23, 2011

I thank the gentlewoman. And what's amazing about the argument, today the President releases the oil from our emergency reserve. Yet yesterday on this very floor, a number of people were arguing that, no, we don't need new expansions in…

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Jun 22, 2011

Just to clarify a point when I was seeking the opportunity to ask the gentleman to yield, section 328 applies to any offshore project authorized under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. So under the OCSLA, all offshore energy projects…

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Jun 22, 2011

May I inquire how much time remains. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1 minute remaining, and the gentleman from Oregon has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Jun 22, 2011

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. Reclaiming my time, it's frustrating too because we continue to hear statements from the administration, from others who wish to pursue a vibrant energy policy for our country that they too agree that…

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Jun 2, 2011

We have already cut hundreds of millions, and in a very short term we will be able to cut a billion.

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Jun 2, 2011

I would say--if it is a 'yes' or 'no' answer I am pleased to give yes.

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Jun 2, 2011

Well, what we can say is that we have already cut hundreds of millions, and in a very short term we will be able to cut a billion.

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May 12, 2011

Are you aware that in the central and western Gulf of Mexico after the permit is issued, there is no appeals court?

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May 12, 2011

I simply do not see how we can prevent such an event from taking place if we do not open up new areas of production on the Alaskan North Slope.

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May 12, 2011

Exploration in Alaska will generate Federal revenue and create tens of thousands of jobs for the rest of the country, while lowering gas prices at the same time.

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May 12, 2011

What I don't understand is the lack of action being taken by the administration on something that is so important to the American people.

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Mar 3, 2011

In Larimer County, a manufacturing company is going to have to hire new people to comply with the provisions of this act. Is that the kind of job creation this body is looking for? Let's create penalties on business and hope that it drives…

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Feb 18, 2011

Again, I would simply urge adoption of the amendment to defund the exchanges. As a former State legislator, the legislators I have talked to in Colorado and around the country all urged the same thing that I have spoken to: Defund the…

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Jan 25, 2011

I define benefits by protecting the environment that has been given to us, providing affordable healthcare to those that want it, while at the same time keeping Americans at work, and allowing businesses to prosper.

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Jan 25, 2011

Every business that talks to my office has the same complaint: the Administration is regulating them out of jobs and out of business.

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Jan 25, 2011

What kind of democracy is that? The people speak through their representatives, and then the administration circumvents the people's will.

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Jan 25, 2011

The people speak through their representatives and then the Administration circumvents the people's representative.

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Jan 25, 2011

Congress can't get both the House and the Senate to pass a bill so the Administration does it, and they do it without having a process through Congress.

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Jan 25, 2011

We exist in an environment where government regulation is the answer to all of our problems.

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Jan 25, 2011

Those that aren't already being regulated out of business are fearful that the proposed rules will put them on that path.

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Jan 25, 2011

Each day I am in town, my staff or I sit down with about five businesses from Colorado, and every business that we meet with talks about the concern that they have that this Administration is regulating them out of jobs and out of business.

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Jan 19, 2011

I am here to talk about jobs. I want to highlight a story about what is happening to one company in my district when it comes to this health care bill... It is time for this Congress to act to fulfill the promise it made to America, the…

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Jan 6, 2011

No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind…

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