Political Quotes

“I would just simply say this with respect to wildfires: My district has been the epicenter for wildfires in Colorado over the course of the last 3 years. Two of the largest wildfires in the history of Colorado happened in the Second Congressional District, and the most destructive fire in the history of our State happened just 6 months ago in my community. I have worked tirelessly with my colleagues. I am the co-chair of the bipartisan Wildfire Caucus with Representative John Curtis out of Utah. We have worked closely together on this issue. We passed a bipartisan infrastructure law out of this Chamber as well as the Senate, and the President signed it. It allocated literally billions of dollars to forest management, to doing that critical mitigation work, which is already happening in Colorado, in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, thanks to that bill. It is unfortunate that only 13 of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle chose to join us in that effort. With respect to support for the underlying legislation, we can disagree about the contours of this particular bill.…”