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Dear
Friend,
This
past
week,
I
traveled
across
the
great
state
of
Colorado
where
I
have
been
fortunate
enough
to
meet
with
so
many
of
you
and
discuss
my
legislative
priorities.
From
meeting
school
children
in
Denver
to
discussing
rural
broadband
access
on
the
Western
Slope,
I
am
glad
I
have
been
able
to
hear
so
many
of
your
ideas
on
how
best
to
move
this
country
forward.
Visiting
Denver
Public
Schools
It
was
great
visiting
the
Denver
Public
Schools
with
Senator
Bennet
last
Friday
where
we met
with
administrators,
teachers,
and
students.
I
appreciated
the
first-hand
experience
Senator
Bennet
brought
as
former
Superintendent
of
Denver
Public
Schools.
Earlier
this
summer,
I
voted
for
the
Every
Child
Achieves
Act,
which
was
an
important
step towards
reforming
the
federal
government’s
role
in
education
and
returning
control
to
where
it
belongs:
our
states
and
local
communities.
This
legislation
goes
a
long
way
towards
getting
Congress
out
of
the
classroom,
and
it
prevents
the
federal
government
from
forcing
Common
Core
into
schools.
Traveling
Across
the
Western
Slope
It
was
great
meeting
with
Coloradans
of
all
ages
across
the
Western
Slope.
The
students
at
Fruita
Monument
High
School
asked
some
great
questions
about
the
importance
of
growing
the
economy
in
rural
Colorado,
how
to
best
utilize
our
natural
resources,
and
what
I'm
working
on
in
the
Senate.
I
was
also
able
to
stop
by
Talbott's
in
Palisade,
Colorado
where
I
learned
about
the
production
process
for
peaches
and
other
fruits
that
Coloradans
and
Americans
throughout
the
country
enjoy.
Please
take
a
moment
to
watch
my
interview
with
FOX
4
where
I
discussed
my
legislative
priorities
that
will
benefit
the
Western
Slope,
such
as
rural
broadband
access
here.
Additionally,
I
had
a
great
discussion
with
local
business
leaders
about
how
to
grow
the
economy
at
our
rural
economic
roundtable
in
Fruita
this
week.
We
discussed
reforming
federal
regulations
that
are
negatively
impacting
local
businesses.
Senator
Gardner
In
the
News
I
was
fortunate
to
have
an
opportunity
to
appear
on
KKCO
11
News
to
discuss
the
EPA's
insufficient
response
to
its
Animas
River
spill
and
my
legislation
promoting
access
to
broadband
internet
in
rural
areas.
Please
take
a
moment
to
watch
the
interview
here.
Cory
Gardner
targets
North
Korea,
"forgotten
threat"
By
The
Denver
Post
Editorial
Board
For
all
the
anxiety
about
Iran's
potential
to
build
nuclear
weapons,
you
might
think
the
Tehran
theocracy
was
the
only
dangerous
regime
with
nuclear
aspirations.
In
fact,
North
Korea
surpasses
Iran
by
almost
every
standard
of
militant
barbarism,
and
yet
it
doesn't
merely
possess
nuclear
aspirations.
It
has
a
growing
arsenal
of
nuclear
weapons.
Or
at
least
experts
believe
it
does.
At
the
very
least
it
has
a
large
and
growing
stockpile
of
weapons-grade
plutonium
that
it
has
manufactured
over
the
years.
And
the
best
estimate
of
the
well-respected Institute
for
Science
and
International
Security is
that
North
Korea
at
the
outset
of
this
year
may
have
had
"approximately
6-8
nuclear
weapons
made
out
of
plutonium."
Read
the
full
story
here.
GOP
senator:
Obama
Gitmo
review
'reckless,
illegal'
By Jordain
Carney
Sen.
Cory
Gardner
(R-Colo.)
slammed
the
Obama
administration
Tuesday,
calling
its
inspection
of
Colorado
facilities
as
potential
places
to
relocate
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees
"reckless"
and
"illegal."
“The
Obama
Administration’s
decision
to
explore
transferring
Guantanamo
terrorists
to
Colorado
is
reckless,
illegal,
and
wrong,"
he
said
in
a
statement.
"Why
the
administration
is
choosing
to
ignore
the
public
and
ignore
the
law
in
an
ill-conceived
attempt
to
bring
these
prisoners
onto
U.S.
soil
is
a
question
that
they
must
answer."
The
freshman
senator's
remarks
come
as
a
Pentagon
team
began
visiting
facilities
in
Colorado
in
an
effort
to
find
potential
spots
to
transfer
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees.
The
Pentagon
said
last
month
that
it
would
view
at
least
two
sites
in
Colorado: Colorado
State
Penitentiary
and
the
Federal
Correction
Institute
in
Florence.
Read
the
full
story
here.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to read
my
weekly
update.
If
I
can
be
of any
assistance
to
you,
please
contact my
Washington,
D.C.
office
at
(202)
224-5941.
Sincerely,
Cory
Gardner
United
States
Senator
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