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Dear
Friend,
Throughout
the
past
year,
the
Republican
majority
has
been
working
on
behalf
of
the
American
people,
and
the
Senate
is
starting
to
work
again.
We’ve
made
progress
on
education,
transportation,
energy
policy,
and
more.
While
we
still
have
much
work
to
do,
I’m
excited
to
be
a
part
of
a
Senate
that
is
starting,
once
again,
to
do
the
real
work
we
were
sent
here
to
do.
Achieving
Real
Education
Reform
The
passage
of
the
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act
represents
a
step forward in federal
education
policy,
and
I’m
proud
to
have
worked
with
members
of
both
parties
on
its
passage.
While
not
perfect,
this
legislation
makes
progress towards
getting
Congress
out
of
the
classroom,
rolling
back Common
Core,
and
returning
more
power
to the states
and
local
communities
where
it
belongs.
Read
more
about
the
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act
here.
My
Response
to
Iranian Belligerence:
“Inaction
is
no
longer
an
option”
President
Obama
told
the
American
people
to
trust
that
his
Administration
could
hold
Iran
accountable
for
bad
behavior.
Iran’s
recent
conduct,
and
the
Administration’s
lack
of
response,
prove
that
the
current
U.S.
policy
of
engagement
with
this
murderous
and
deceitful
regime
is
a
dangerous
farce.
I
have
no
confidence
that
Iran
will
abide
by
the
terms
of
the
nuclear
deal
reached
this
past
summer.
At
a
Senate
Foreign
Relations
Committee
hearing,
I
asked
United
Nations
(UN) Ambassador
Samantha
Power what
the
Administration's
response
was
to
Iran
testing
a
ballistic
missile
in
violation
of
a
U.N.
ban.
She
responded
that
the
Administration
has
"increased
the
political
cost
to
Iran"
by
talking
about
the
issue
at
U.N.
meetings.
That's
no
response
at
all,
and
it's
totally
unacceptable.
If
the
Administration
won't
respond
to
an
illegal
ballistic
missile
test,
why
should
the
American
people
trust
that
they
can
hold
Iran
to
the
terms
of
a
nuclear
deal?
Watch
the
exchange
here.
Defeating
ISIS
This
week,
I
joined
a
group
of
Senators
in
sending
a
letter
to
President
Obama
urging
him
to
pursue
additional
military
options
to
fight
ISIS
and
protect
Americans
both
at
home
and
abroad.
The
letter
reads
in
part:
In
the
wake
of
the
recent
wave
of
devastating
terrorist
attacks
by
the
Islamic
State
of
Iraq
and
Syria
(ISIS)
on
Paris,
Beirut,
and
the
Russian
airliner
flying
over
Egypt,
as
well
as
last
week’s
attack
in
San
Bernardino
that
appears
to
have
been
inspired
by
ISIS,
we
write
today
to
both
express
support
for
your
stated
objective
to
“degrade
and
ultimately
destroy”
ISIS
and
to
urge
you
to
employ
more
effective
means
to
accomplish
that
worthy
goal.
Read
the
full
letter
here.
Protecting
Colorado's
Public
Lands
At
a
hearing
of
the
Senate
Energy
and
Natural
Resources
Committee,
I
asked
witnesses,
including
the
Director
of
the
National
Park
Service
and
the
President
of
the
National
Park
Foundation,
questions
about
how
we
can
preserve
and
protect
Colorado's
precious
public
lands.
Watch
the
exchange
here.
In
the
News
Obama's
UN
envoy
grilled
on
Iranian
missile
tests
Decmeber 9,
2015.
Lawmakers
from
both
parties
grilled
U.N.
Ambassador
Samantha
Power
on
Wednesday,
demanding
the
United
Nations
act
quickly
over
claims
Iran
has
tested
ballistic
missiles.
Power
told
a
Senate
Foreign
Relations
Committee
hearing
that
the
Obama
administration
and
U.N.
Security
Council
are
still
investigating
the
two
alleged
tests
in
October
and
November.
“We
are
still
looking
to
confirm
those
recent
reports,”
Power
said
of
the
November
launch.
“We
confirmed
the
[October]
violation,
we
brought
it
to
the
U.N.
Security
Council,
the
panel
of
experts
is
investigating
the
matter,
and
will
report
that
to
the
Council
when
it’s
ready.
The
U.N.
machinery,
as
you
know,
works
slowly.”
But
lawmakers
rebuked
Power
and
said
more
decisive
action
was
needed
soon,
alleging
that
the
tests
violate
U.N.
resolutions.
“Non-action
here
is
just
going
to
empower
them
[Iran]
to
continue
to
violate
and
what
I
think
the
Ambassador
just
said
is
that
the
U.N.
is
going
to
do
nothing,”
said
Chairman
Bob
Corker
(R-Tenn.).
Sen.
Cory
Gardner
(R-Colo.)
also
blasted
the
administration.
“So
what
other
actions
has
the
administration
taken
in
response
to
the
missile
test,
other
than
taking
it
to
a
panel,
talking
about
it,
and
having
a
meeting?”
he
asked.
Read
the
full
story
here.
Sen.
Cory
Gardner:
Obama’s
ISIS
strategy
‘ineffective’
December
8,
2015
U.S. Sen.
Cory
Gardner
on
Tuesday
said
President
Barack
Obama’s
strategy
to
defeat
the
Islamic
State
terrorist
group
is
the
“same
ineffective
approach.”
Gardner,
a
Yuma
Republican,
joined
other
senators
in
sending
a
letter
to
Obama
after
the
president’s
rare
Oval
Office
address
on
Sunday.
Obama
called
on
the
Republican-controlled
Congress
to
authorize
military
force
to
fight
the
terrorist
group.
Read
the
full
story
here.
Editorial:
Congress
gets
serious
on
roads
December
10,
2015
Last
week's
terrorist
attack
in
San
Bernardino
naturally
overshadowed
every
other
event
for
days,
including
a
surprising
achievement
by
Congress.
It
passed
a
transportation
funding
bill.
...
"We
were
able
to
get
an
amendment
that
allows
vehicle-to-vehicle
communications,"
Colorado
Sen.
Cory
Gardner
told
us.
"One
of
the
ways
we're
going
to
manage
I-70
traffic
through
the
mountains
isn't
necessarily
going
to
be
by
adding
two
more
tunnels
through
the
Eisenhower-Johnson
tunnels
but
it
is
going
to
be
in
part
through
technology.
So
we
were
able
to
get
some
language
that
will
help
the
Colorado
Department
of
Transportation
work
on
vehicle-to-vehicle
technologies."
Gardner
says
CDOT
would
like
to
experiment
with
that
technology,
as
well
as
"vehicle-to-infrastructure"
technology,
on
both
I-70
and
I-25.
Read
the
full
editorial
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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