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Hello everyone,
When it comes to our national security, the ability to respond to threats in space swiftly and with our full defensive capacity is of the utmost importance. As we face rapidly evolving threats from China and Russia in space, we cannot afford any interruptions or delays to our space mission.
That’s why this week, Senator Hickenlooper and I reiterated our concerns about the ongoing U.S. Space Command basing process to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. We urged Secretary Kendall to consider critical cost and national security factors prior to coming to a final decision about the location of the Command’s headquarters.
The Air Force must assure Congress and the American people that their final decision about Space Command’s permanent headquarters is rooted in defensible evidence and based on the imperative to face rapidly evolving threats in space. For our national security and leadership in space, Colorado is the only and best option for Space Command.
Sincerely,
Michael
ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Young people in Colorado and across the nation continue to face a mental and behavioral health crisis, and it’s imperative that we meet them where they are with resources and support.
I joined my bipartisan colleagues in introducing the Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, which will help colleges connect students with mental health and suicide prevention services as they work to further their education.
This legislation brings together federal efforts across departments and agencies to encourage universities and colleges to promote positive mental health among students, plan suicide prevention strategies, and holistically address this wide-reaching health crisis.
EXAMINING DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN
This week, I welcomed Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton to join me to see the drought conditions in the Colorado River Basin and to hear first-hand from Colorado water users living with the driest conditions in 1,200 years.
From up in the air, we viewed the effects of drought in the Colorado River Basin, including the Uncompahgre River, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Paonia Reservoir and Dam, and the Grand Valley Project. I then hosted Beaudreau and Touton for a listening session at Colorado Mesa University with Colorado water users including representatives from the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribes, water districts, irrigators, and other water leaders, to discuss the challenges they face due to drought and the ways they are adapting to a drier climate.
I look forward to our continued work towards a long-term solution and sustainable future for the Colorado River Basin. You can view pictures and video from our trip HERE.
(Pre-Flyover Conversation with Deputy Secretary of the Interior Beaudreau, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Touton, Colorado River District General Manager Andy Mueller, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board Becky Mitchell, and others)
MAKING CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
For the past half century, our economy has worked for large corporations while leaving middle and working class Americans behind. Under our current tax code, some of our country’s largest corporations have paid next to nothing in federal taxes. That’s not fair to the hard-working Coloradans I represent.
To build economic opportunity for everyone and not just those at the top, I stand with the majority of Americans who believe that our largest corporations should pay their fair share. That’s why I fought to include a Corporate Minimum Tax in the Inflation Reduction Act, and this week, I joined members from the House and the Senate in a letter urging Treasury Secretary Yellen to pursue the strong implementation of this measure.
This revenue will fund investments in clean energy manufacturing, renewable energy, expanded health care, and our forests, watersheds, and working lands across the country.
ADDRESSING RISING THREATS AGAINST ELECTION WORKERS
Election workers deserve our respect for everything they do for our democracy. In the past two years, they’ve faced an unprecedented rise in threats. That’s why Senator Hickenlooper and I joined our colleagues to introduce the Election Worker Protection Act to address increased danger facing election workers.
This legislation, developed with input from state and local election officials, expands resources for states to protect election workers. For the first time, it establishes threatening, intimidating or coercing election workers as a federal crime. And, it would protect the authority of election officials to remove poll observers who are interfering with or attempting to disrupt the administration of an election.
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