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On the recordSeptember 30, 2013
I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his leadership, as well as our own Congressman Cory Gardner from the State of Colorado whose district was very significantly impacted by this. I had the opportunity last Monday to go up with the Vice President, the Governor of the State of Colorado, Congressman Jared Polis, and Congressman Cory Gardner, whose districts were both severely impacted by the flooding, to see that damage. And it was extraordinary how much--certainly the houses were lost, and we mourn for the people that were lost--but the road damage was extraordinary. There were miles and miles of roads that we saw with whole sections missing. So this legislation, H.R. 3174, is vital to the State of Colorado to get those roads back to where they're usable and so that, in fact, our residents in those affected areas can get to and from their homes and their businesses.
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Mike Coffman
Republican · Colorado

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