Scott Tipton

To designate the telehealth clinic in Craig, Colorado as the 'Major William Edward Adams Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.'

The stakes are high. With the number of veterans eligible for care rising year after year...

It is only fitting and proper that we pay tribute to a heroic American who was awarded our Nation's highest honor...

I think you might want to maybe actually consider allowing Congress to have some actual input as well ultimately when we get down to some of the regulations.

I really want to encourage you when you are looking at closing off some of our forestlands that you do listen to that public testimony, particularly in Colorado.

These are the challenges, and we have very distinct choices to be able to make. Will we continue to follow the pathway to poverty of government programs, government taxation, government solutions? Or will we follow that expressway to real…

I reclaim my time, and I thank the lady for bringing up that very point, Mr. Chair. This is the real challenge that we face, and she points to it directly. We have an oppressive, convoluted Tax Code that is stripping American business of…

Tonight I rise to celebrate an American family in Colorado. Steve and Angie Patterson, in Denver, Colorado, have three wonderful children, Caid, Marin, and tonight we pay special tribute to their son Jake, celebrating his 10th birthday…

With an investment in technologies to be able to liberate this energy, America can have a bright future

The efficiency of the management of permitting leaves a lot to be desired

What is the wild fire management budget? Is it up, down, about the same?

Why is interagency confusion regarding the roadless rule allowed to delay for the lawful leasing of these parcels?

I think in the interest of the American consumer right now, young families, senior citizens on fixed income, we all develop the--all support the all-of-the-above proposal right now.

There is a backlog. And I think that is an important note for us all to understand.

Ranchers, the oil and gas industry, local governments, and the mineral industry, motorized recreational users in our district have voiced strong opposition to the wildlands policy.

I have had comment coming back from my constituents that they were not made aware of meetings.

The budget and priorities of this Department is of great concern to me and my constituents.

The only country in the world which seems to be intent on putting our own strategic domestic resources off limits.

It is absolutely imperative that the Interior Department prioritize domestic oil and natural gas exploration.

I think it is important in these tough economic times because I have literally walked the streets of Alamosa...

I did visit with ranchers, the oil and gas industry, local governments, the mineral industry, motorized recreational users, and they have all voiced strong opposition to the wildlands policy that is coming out.

We have in Mesa County, the county that had the highest per capita unemployment at one point last year in the entire United States, relies an awful lot on the development, responsible development, of our natural resources in the third…

We have a lot of challenges that we face.

Thank you, Chairman McClintock, for convening today's hearing, and I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming our panelists as we examine the budget and priorities of the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey's Water…

The frustration level of the American people, the people in my district, their understanding of the challenges that we face as a nation is truly remarkable. The American people get it. And what they want to see out of Washington is that…