Doug Lamborn
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Doug Lamborn is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district since January 4, 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as military and veterans' affairs, energy policy, and fiscal responsibility during his tenure in Congress. Lamborn has been an advocate for the military presence in Colorado and has worked to support local defense industries. He has also been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at reducing government spending and promoting economic growth in his district.
May 27, 2014
These 1,700 veterans should not be triaged; they should be seen immediately.
May 21, 2014
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title XII, insert the following: SEC. _. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR…
May 21, 2014
I want to respond to my colleague by saying there is a flaw in the New START Treaty, in my opinion, in that it originally called for reductions in U.S. nuclear forces and allowed Russia to increase its nuclear forces. So that right there I…
May 21, 2014
At this point I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), my colleague.
May 21, 2014
I can't see how it would be in our interest to keep complying with a treaty when the other party to that treaty is not in compliance with so many other things it is supposed to be doing. This amendment merely calls for a halt in the…
May 21, 2014
Religious freedom and defending freedom should not be mutually exclusive. America was founded on religious liberty, and it is part of what makes our country so great. The men and women in uniform who have volunteered to keep our country…
May 21, 2014
My amendment is very simple. The United States should not be spending money to disarm ourselves--to dramatically cut our strategic nuclear deterrent under the New START Treaty--if the other party to the treaty is not trustworthy. At the…
May 21, 2014
How much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1 minute remaining. The gentleman from Washington has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
May 20, 2014
In response, and I appreciate the gentleman's comments, the bookkeeping trouble that this would involve is first put on the Afghan Government in an attempt to save the trouble to our own Department of Defense folks. On your second point, I…
May 20, 2014
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following new section: SEC. 28__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NATIONAL…
May 20, 2014
I just don't want it to happen again that the Forest Service or any other bureaucracy can tell the men and women who are training to protect our country that they can't train and that Congress has never even addressed this situation. I at…
May 20, 2014
May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 2 minutes remaining.
May 20, 2014
I thank the subcommittee chairman for yielding, and I do want to applaud my friend and colleague from California for her desire to fund nonproliferation. That is a worthy goal that we all agree with, but right now, NNSA is going to be…
May 20, 2014
I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 1215, redesignate subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. In section 1215…
May 20, 2014
When our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and Defense civilians deploy overseas, the Department of Defense enters into agreements with the host nation to prohibit the taxation of the assistance provided by U.S. companies to support…
May 20, 2014
To summarize, these are legitimate questions that the ranking member has raised. I appreciate his comments, and there are valid issues in that it is not a clean or perfect situation. But the trouble is a billion dollars is a lot of money…
May 20, 2014
Most Americans do not realize that 28 percent of the land across our great country is owned by the Federal Government. In the 11 most western States, the Federal Government owns a staggering 47 percent of all land. In my State of Colorado…
May 20, 2014
In conclusion, I would just say that there are balancing interests and that there are competing interests that should be, many times, debated and weighed. That is, actually, what the Army at Fort Carson does. They have entered into the…
May 20, 2014
How much time is left on our side of the issue? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 2 minutes remaining.
Apr 30, 2014
I rise for the purpose of engaging in a colloquy with the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Chairman, I believe we can all agree that honoring our Nation's veterans is of vital importance. They sacrifice so much for us and ask for so little in…
Apr 30, 2014
Well, I thank the chairman, and I look forward to working with him. I appreciate the hard work he does for our military and for our veterans, including this particular important project. I pledge to work with him on these and other matters…
Apr 30, 2014
I thank the chairman for his words of agreement. Given the advanced stage of the project and the amount of work that has already taken place on the Southern Colorado National VA Cemetery, including land being purchased in southeast…
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