We have engaged with the Administration and many of the groups represented here today to support the historic FIRST STEP Act.

Our democracy is simply too important to play with.

Every American deserves the right to vote, and we must protect that right at all costs.

The party of impeachment, which is in charge of this Committee, changed our rules so that they could get to impeachment in a different way.

I think it's important one for this Committee to get to the bottom to, because ultimately what you are saying is that the special counsel's statement in this report is incorrect.

stored the notes in a safe.

The Democrats, now the party of impeachment, tried three times and failed miserably three times.

the Congress has a role to play.

Colorado is home to world-class research institutions, labs, scientists, that I am confident we would do outstanding work for the BLM.

I would defend Grand Junction is a wonderful place, a wonderful community, a robust city.

And, obviously, right now we are enmeshed in this Congress in a very big debate about the Administration's ongoing efforts to steal money from military appropriations and defense projects very important to the state of Colorado, to use…

I love America's public lands. I have never advocated the wholesale disposal or transfer of those lands.

The point is Congress makes decisions about the disposal of lands.

I represent the great area of Evergreen, as well as Western Jefferson County, and a number of other counties in the 2nd Congressional District in Colorado.

I think we all have an obligation and a responsibility to speak out against hatred and against bigotry and against violence in our communities.

I believe we need to eliminate for-profit detention entirely.

I believe we also should move forward and the Congress ought to move on that piece of legislation.

When you have U.S. children, U.S. children running away when they see Border Patrol vehicles, I mean, these are U.S. citizen children, that means that something is deeply wrong in this region.

The only problem with Trump is that too many things start happening at the same time at the border infused with racism and white supremacy.

You have mothers afraid to go to take their kids to the school or to buy groceries or to the clinic because of these enforcement.

I hope that from the legislative standpoint we don't only see the problems that Trump has created in the last two years but there have many problems in the last 30 years.

Emissions from oil and gas wells account for about 12 percent of Colorado's total release of greenhouse gases, according to the state's best estimate, which it has acknowledged is flawed.

Most empirical studies that I have seen demonstrate that unmitigated climate change, if anything, amplifies poverty.

One of the reasons that I advocated for the Select Committee to be located here for its first field hearing was because of the 14 cities and towns across our state who have made this commitment to a bold, 100 percent renewable energy…

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