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ICE is out of control. Killing people, separating families, and terrorizing our communities. I’m a NO on the DHS funding bill.
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Federal officers just shot another person in Minneapolis. This is horrific. We are still learning more about what happened, but one thing is clear, the President needs to get ICE and Border Patrol units out of our communities. NOW.
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Does this look like ICE is going after violent criminals? It’s unconscionable for ICE to traumatize children.
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Our Colorado communities deserve the support to rebuild after devastating fires and flooding. Disaster relief shouldn’t be used as a political weapon. www.denverpost.com/2026/01/21/c...
link:https://www.denverpost.com/2026/01/21/colorado-fire-flooding-disasters-appeal-congress-trump/
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Using child care as a political weapon against Colorado families is just plain cruel. Glad to see the courts continue to block the Trump administration from withholding funds. www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...
link:https://www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/child-care-subsidies-colorado-trump-funding/
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Joined farmers in Fort Morgan to discuss how Trump’s tariffs and reckless trade wars affect their ability to make a living and continue feeding our communities. Farmers are the ultimate risk takers and entrepreneurs. They should be provided more certainty, not doubt for the future.
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Out. Of. Control.
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I’m a NO on the DHS funding bill that allows ICE to keep terrorizing our communities. ICE’s conduct this past year is beyond comprehension. Now, Trump is asking Congress for more funding. No way.
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Toured Byers High School’s Career and Technical Education program, which helps equip our next generation with the skills they need to succeed. Expanding workforce programs like these are a no-brainer. Let’s get to work!
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Trump’s reckless threats (and confusion) towards Greenland weakens NATO and does nothing to lower costs for working families who are suffering under his economy.
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This is how Trump’s Big Ugly Betrayal Act left our rural communities like Hugo out to dry.
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It’s treasures like these that Trump and his BLM nominee Steve Pearce, a fierce advocate for selling off our public lands, want to take away from us. I’m a NO on Steve Pearce. Colorado’s public lands are NEVER for sale.
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Denver’s annual Marade is a reminder of Dr. King’s legacy: that our shared humanity and love will conquer all in our work towards a more perfect union.
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How exactly does any of this lower costs for working families?!?
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Today, we joined Denver’s annual Marade. It’s in times like these that we must keep Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in our hearts to fight for a more perfect nation that’s built on liberty and justice for all.
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Prices continue to soar for working Americans while Trump is too busy building a ballroom and throwing parties at Mar-a-Lago.
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Trump’s reckless tariffs are crushing small businesses when we should be doing all we can to lift them up. We met with small business leaders in Denver to discuss the impacts rising costs are having on their businesses and hear more about how we can help.
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NCAR is a crown jewel of research, not only in the U.S., but around the world. Every single American relies on NCAR’s data. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
link:https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2025/12/18/8-ways-the-national-center-for-atmospheric-research-helps-you/
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After weeks of holding up the funding package to push back against Trump’s attacks on Colorado, we held the Senate floor yesterday to demand a vote on our amendment to fully fund NCAR. Republicans blocked it. But our fight against the administration’s attacks on science isn’t over.
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Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse!
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We were on the Senate floor today to stand up against Trump’s attacks on Colorado and to disrupt the Senate spending package that does nothing to protect NCAR. Watch my speech in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBtD...
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Congress has the constitutional responsibility to decide when America goes to war. Americans are struggling to afford groceries and health care here at home under President Trump. They don’t want him throwing us into another forever war to enrich oil executives.
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Women deserve the right to make their own reproductive health care decisions. Mifepristone is a safe, effective, and FDA-approved medication. We’ll always fight for mifepristone to remain legal and accessible so women can get the care they need.
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Soaring health care costs are squeezing millions of families. Affordable health care should be a top priority for Congress. Yet, Republicans just blocked a clean, three-year extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that already passed the House in a bipartisan vote.
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Lower costs and affordable health care. Why can’t President Trump get it in his head that’s what Americans want?
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This was already struck down by a federal court last month. Directly after, we visited the Aurora ICE facility to ensure they were following the order. Now, Sec. Noem has found a loophole. We’ve fought this before, we’ll fight this again. Congressional oversight is constitutionally required.
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It was great to be at the National Western Stock Show in Denver to chat with folks from all across the state!
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We met with leaders from the Latino community in Denver to hear more about how we can work together to advance affordable health care, fight for economic policies for working families, and push back on Trump’s cruel immigration policies.
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People across the West cherish our public lands. For 25 years, the Roadless Rule has protected millions of acres of our forests. In the face of Trump’s efforts to repeal this rule and sell our public lands, we’ll always keep fighting to protect these lands for future generations.
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President Trump continues to use the federal government as an arsenal to deploy against political adversaries. He doesn’t care that his actions will disrupt our economy and hurt working families. Americans want lower prices, not score settling.
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Americans are struggling with the soaring cost of housing, health care, and groceries in Trump’s economy. The mere talk of invading Greenland betrays American values, threatens NATO, and exposes this administration’s failure to put working people first.
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Good. Going after child care services for Colorado families is just plain cruel.
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ICE is out of control. Separating families. Shooting Americans in cold blood. Profiling folks based on the color of their skin or the language they speak. We need accountability for ICE. We need it now.
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🚨 Senator Bennet and I are continuing to hold up the minibus to demand full funding for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
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The House passed a bipartisan three-year extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that Republicans voted to cut just last summer. It’s the critical next step in making sure all Americans have access to affordable, accessible, and universal health care. The Senate needs to vote on this ASAP.
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This is D.C. at its worst. Every single U.S. House member supported this bill to bring clean water to Southeastern CO before Christmas — Democrats & Republicans. But they refused to stick to their guns & override Trump’s retaliatory veto. Rural Colorado is paying the price for these political games.
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The House will vote today on overriding President Trump’s veto of our bipartisan, unanimous Arkansas Valley Conduit bill. Rural water projects shouldn’t be used as political weapons. Congress must stand up to Trump’s intimidation and override this veto.
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Americans don’t want their government spending millions of dollars to ‘run Venezuela.’ They want affordable groceries and health care and good-paying jobs. It’s time Washington listened. (3/3)
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But this U.S. sponsored regime change has opened the door to one more ‘forever war’ – a chapter we swore was behind us. (2/3)
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Congress, not the President, decides when this country goes to war. Nicolás Maduro is a corrupt, tyrannical leader who has trampled the democratic will of the Venezuelan people. (1/3)
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Every single Senator and every single House member voted for our Arkansas Valley Conduit bill. But then Trump vetoed it. Trump is leaving real people out to dry for his own political grievances and making our rural communities pay the price.
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From @bennet.senate.gov and I in @ms.now: “It’s southeast Colorado today, but if we allow basic infrastructure projects to be used as a political weapon, it could be your community tomorrow.” www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
link:https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-veto-colorado-water-project-hickenlooper-bennet-override
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The footage out of Minneapolis is horrifying. ICE cannot continue their rein of terror across this country. Countless families separated and today a woman killed. We need an immediate, independent investigation into this shooting.
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Nothing says ‘Make America Great Again’ like denying 50,000 rural Coloradans access to clean, affordable drinking water. Congress should do its job and overturn Trump’s veto.
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RFK Jr. is getting what he wants — public health decisions based on his conspiracy theories, not science. This decision will put the health of our children and communities at risk.
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NCAR provides weather data that is critical for everything from agriculture to public safety. Trump wants to gut NCAR and put our communities at risk. We will use every tool to keep that from happening.
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We won’t let Trump rewrite history. The American people should always remember the attack on our democracy. (2/2)
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Five years ago today, Trump and his allies tried to overturn an election by inciting an insurrection that killed five police officers. He then began his second term by pardoning the violent rioters and his most loyal supporters. (1/2)