Dear Neighbor,
This week, as a member of the House Rules Committee, I participated in a 21-hour marathon hearing (that literally began at 1:00 am!) on House Republicans’ reckless budget reconciliation bill. Why? Because the hundreds of thousands of Coloradans that will lose access to affordable health care and food assistance—just in the 2nd Congressional District alone—deserve to have someone speak on their behalf. And the people of Colorado deserve to have full transparency as to the impacts of legislation that my colleagues pushed through in the dead of night.
With all of you at the forefront of my mind, I was proud to lead the debate and help push the consideration of this bill from the dead of night into the light of day.
I’m also proud to report that we were able to find pockets of success, including building a bipartisan coalition and working with common-sense legislators to remove a provision from the bill that would have sold off treasured public lands in Nevada and Utah.
Unfortunately, the bill ultimately passed the House of Representatives on a party-line vote. But our work is just getting started, and I’ll keep showing up for the folks in our communities—day or night!
Please know, my work to oppose this measure is far from over.
Watch my remarks during night one of the Rules Committee hearing at 3:00AM HERE and below!
