WHAT WE
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Colorado's Fifth District is home to one of the highest concentration of veterans in any congressional district in our nation. As your representative in Congress, I have fought to ensure that our military remains strong and that our veterans receive proper care. 

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Southern Colorado VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic

I am fighting for this super clinic with expanded services because I know our veterans need it. This clinic will make world-class medical care more easily accessible to veterans throughout the Pikes Peak region.

This new clinic is further evidence that the Veterans Administration recognizes their growing numbers and is committed to providing them with the best medical care.

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The 76,000-square foot facility is more than double the space in the current two clinics that are being replaced by the new "super" clinic. The replacement clinic will provide primary care, mental health, specialty care, and ancillary diagnostic services for veterans in the eastern Rockies area.

The United States is a nation formed on the rule of law. Each year, however, hundreds of thousands of aliens deliberately violate our nation's laws by unlawfully crossing U.S. borders. Today, there are an estimated 17 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. In September alone, there were 269,735 encounters along our southern border, the most ever recorded in a single month. This staggering number brought the FY23 encounters to 2.48 million, the highest annual number on record. The American people can no longer afford to suffer from the Biden administration’s border neglect.

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The consequences of illegal immigration are far-reaching:

 

• Illegal immigration causes an enormous drain on public funds. Accommodating the needs of endless numbers of poor, unskilled illegal entrants undermines the quality of education, healthcare, and other services for Americans.

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• Illegal immigration overwhelms communities by crowding classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and increasing the strain on precious natural resources.

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• Illegal Immigration compromises our nation's security, allowing potential terrorists to hide in the same shadows.

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Curtailing illegal immigration will require a full range of enforcement measures that go far beyond the border. That's why I support comprehensive efforts to end illegal immigration, and that's why, as your representative in Congress, I will continue to push Congress to implement the three major components of immigration control: deterrence, apprehension, and removal.

American energy is the fuel that drives our economy and our way of life. That is why I support a free-market, all-of-the-above approach to harness our vast natural resources and keep prices low for American families. Preserving the freedom of every American to pursue happiness through energy production means more jobs, lower gas prices and cheaper home electric bills. By opening more areas for production, rolling back creativity-stifling regulations and reforming our tax code, the federal government can expand the energy renaissance we are already seeing on private lands to public lands across our entire economy. Most importantly, when Americans are free to dream and innovate, they will always find safer, cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient ways to produce and use energy.

In addition to its economic importance, energy is also a national security concern. Energy powers our military domestically and internationally, and we need to ensure that we safeguard energy production to secure our national interest.

Likewise, we must live in tandem with our natural areas. Our nation is blessed with awe-inspiring forests, deserts, oceans, and other wild areas. We are very fortunate to have been able to protect these lands so that they may persist for generations. However, these lands will not thrive without or involvement, and we as a society will not thrive without our lands. This relationship must be nurtured for the betterment of all. This means that we must engage in responsible stewardship by removing fire material from our forests that cause catastrophic wildfires and destroy our forests. We must also support energy harvesting methods that provide the largest amount of energy while disturbing the least amount of land possible. We must also balance our energy goals with species preservation, ensuring that both can increase to their fullest potential.

remove the regulatory barriers to energy production and should streamline the existing permitting process. Increased domestic energy production from all sources (including oil, natural gas, oil shale, nuclear, and renewables such as hydropower) will, without a doubt, lower energy costs, reduce our reliance on foreign energy, and create new jobs.

The best way to help the prosperity of American families and businesses is dismantle the barriers to our economic freedom.  We need to champion policies that foster a business-friendly environment, vitalizing small businesses, and ensuring economic mobility for all. This isn't just about numbers; it's about the well-being of every American.

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New government regulations, and costly government mandates are a significant threat to any employer who is trying to decide whether they can afford to expand. Congress must push back against these regulations and create a vibrant market where businesses and individuals can thrive.

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The Biden administration and Congress should act to remove the regulatory barriers to energy production and should streamline the existing permitting process. Increased domestic energy production from all sources (including oil, natural gas, oil shale, nuclear, and renewables such as hydropower) will, without a doubt, lower energy costs, reduce our reliance on foreign energy, and create new jobs.

As Representative of Colorado's 5th Congressional District – a district with one of the highest concentrations of veterans in the United States and numerous active military installations– I understand that defending America's security is the highest priority for the federal government. To that end, I am proud to support this budget and debt limit deal. It has robust funding for troop training, equipment, compensation, and improved readiness, and commitments to protect our veterans.

 

Colorado 5th Congressional District has one of the highest concentrations of veterans in America and many active military installations.  As a a former 160th SOAR Nightstalker with 16 deployments, I understand that defending America’s security is highest priority of our federal government. I pledge to ensure fighting men and women are funded so that the are well trained, equipped and compensated.