Michael Bennet: “We agree on what our goals must be, and we all know that the future of Colorado depends on what we build from this time…”

Today, an illness, a car accident, or a family emergency can lead to a family being evicted from their home and falling into a cycle of poverty.

The idea that we're living in a nation right now where our school teachers cannot afford to feed their families without going to the food bank to supplement their income says something really terrible about our priorities.

This rule isn’t about securing our borders or more efficient spending, its purpose is to punish immigrants who only seek to make a better life for themselves and their families.

While a two-year operating plan is the bare minimum needed to operate the river, a long-term, consensus agreement that recognizes real hydrologic conditions is the only durable solution to bring certainty to the Colorado River,