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Mike Coffman is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Colorado's 6th congressional district from 2009 to 2019. During his tenure, he served on various committees and was known for his work on military and veterans' affairs, as well as his focus on fiscal responsibility. Coffman has a background in the military, having served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve, which influenced his legislative priorities. He was also involved in local politics prior to his congressional career, serving as the Colorado State Treasurer and in the Colorado House of Representatives. Coffman was known for his moderate stance on several issues, including immigration reform and education. He faced challenges in his re-election campaigns, particularly in a changing political landscape in Colorado. After losing his seat in 2018, Coffman has remained active in various community and political initiatives, although he is no longer holding public office.
War is not predictable. We have men and women today engaged in combat. And I am a combat veteran with the United States Marine Corps. I served in the first gulf war, and I served in the Iraq war. I wish that war was predictable. I wish we…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…
I thank the gentlewoman from Florida. We have strategic interests in Afghanistan. It would be wrong, it would be irresponsible at this time to expeditiously withdraw all of our forces from Afghanistan, again, without recognizing our…
I am shocked at the ongoing lack of transparency by this Administration and the Department of the Interior.
I am extremely concerned about the budgetary decision-making process, and the lack of coordination between the land management bureaus.
I am concerned about certain assumptions being made about the long-term affordability of the shipbuilding plan.
To provide clear guidance on strategic requirements, Congress mandates the number of operational aircraft carriers and submarines that the Navy is required to maintain.
I think that there is a lack of understanding here in Washington, D.C., as to the extent that we have a fragile economic recovery right now and that American families are suffering right now and a prolonged spike in energy costs will put…
It seems to me that there is some collusion, whether it is informal or it is formal, between BLM and some of these organizations that don't want oil and gas development...
The Wildlands Order has ruined the business model that the oil and gas industry was subject to for decades.
Well, I am sorry. Then why aren't you moving forward? You are using the litigation as an excuse not to move forward.
Let me just interrupt you on one point, and that is that litigation does not prevent the BLM from moving forward as there has been a final record of decision.
I am extremely concerned about the policies and actions of the Bureau of Land Management, which actively discourages investment and drilling for oil and gas on Federal lands.
I am an all of the above person when it comes to energy strategy for this country.
That is an abuse of the authority of the chief legal counsel of the Department of Defense to have made that decision, which I believe is a political decision, and really has nothing to do with the case.
It is, in fact, embarrassing to the United States Army to have missed so many, I think, cues as to the radicalization of Major Hasan
I would ask you to make that available to the American people. I think they have a right to know
I share with you the condolences to the families that were killed in the Fort Hood shooting that happened last year
Today our national debt is $14.01 trillion. It rolled over to above $14 trillion for the first time on New Year's Eve last week. On January 6, 2009, the start of the 111th Congress, the national debt was at $10.63 trillion. This means the…
Secretary Salazar, in your time at the Department of the Interior, you have blocked domestic energy development across the board.
Our citizen soldiers fight to protect our Nation and our freedom and the very least we can do is protect their rights to serve and also retain livelihood for themselves and their families.
H.R. 2180 represents a common-sense solution to a problem that I do not think anyone anticipated.
I simply think that it is wrong to expect someone who has served their country and been injured as a result of that service be penalized because we as a government are putting them back in uniform.
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