Op-Eds
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Rock and Ice Magazine: What I've Learned
Thursday, October 9, 2014Read my profile in Rock and Ice Magazine about how my outdoor expertise informs my work in Congress.
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The Daily Sentinel: The Wilderness Act turns 50
Tuesday, September 2, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for The Daily Sentinel marking the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and discussing the vital role it has played in Colorado.
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The Denver Post: Keep Bosses Out of Private Health Choices
Monday, July 7, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for the Denver Post calling out the U.S. Supreme Court's misguided decision to allow some employers to refuse to cover some forms contraception as part of employees' health insurance policies.
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Chaffee County Times: Wilderness is Worth Championing
Thursday, July 3, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for the Chaffee County Times marking the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and reflecting on wilderness's importance to Colorado's special way of life.
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Los Angeles Times: How to end the NSA dragnet
Monday, June 16, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for the Los Angeles Times outlining our ongoing fight to protect Americans' privacy rights and end NSA overreach. We advocate for strong congressional action through the U.S. Senate's USA FREEDOM Act to end the warrantless searches of Americans' private communications.
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Greeley Tribune: Farm workers deserve access to American justice system
Wednesday, June 11, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for the Greeley Tribune discussing the abuse and exploitation of migrant farm workers in Colorado, as well as reforms needed to address this problem.
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Aurora Sentinel: Student Debt Drags Down Colorado's Graduates, Economy
Monday, June 9, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for the Aurora Sentinel about the drag student loan debt places on Colorado's economy and the need for Congress to pass my bill to help Coloradans tackle their student loan debt.
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Huffington Post: Equality Shouldn't End At State Lines
Friday, June 6, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for the Huffington Post with U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Ron Kind discussing their bipartisan push to ensure all same-sex spouses receive equal treatment when applying for Social Security benefits, regardless of where they live.
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BuzzFeed: 14 Ways Getting Stuff Done In Congress Is Like Climbing A 14er
Wednesday, May 14, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for BuzzFeed about how my experience climbing the world's tallest mountains relates to standing up for Colorado in Congress.
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USA Today: Excluding potatoes makes no sense
Monday, May 12, 2014Read the bipartisan op-ed I wrote with my colleague Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in USA Today arguing that fresh, healthy preparations of potatoes should not be the only fruit or vegetable excluded from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
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The Valley Courier: Hunger is more than just statistics
Friday, April 18, 2014Read the op-ed I wrote for the The Valley Courier in Alamosa discussing hunger in Colorado and my fight to ensure food assistance programs work for Colorado families.
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RealClearEnergy: Don't Pull the Plug: Wind Energy Empowers America
Tuesday, April 1, 2014Read the op-ed that I wrote in RealClearEnergy with Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) and Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) discussing the job-creating wind production tax credit and our bipartisan push to support wind energy development.
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The Colorado Springs Gazette: Americans Need to Be Able to Trust Our Intelligence Agencies
Sunday, March 23, 2014Read the op-ed that I wrote for The Colorado Springs Gazette discussing the urgent need for greater transparency from U.S. intelligence agencies and for Congress to exercise its constitutional role of performing aggressive oversight of the executive branch.
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The Denver Post: House Must Vote on Immigration Reform
Sunday, March 16, 2014Read the op-ed that I wrote for The Denver Post discussing the urgent need to fix our broken immigration system and calling on Colorado’s delegation to the House to force a vote on the bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed the U.S. Senate last June.
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The Denver Post: Rocky Flats Workers Earned Justice
Sunday, February 23, 2014Read the op-ed that I wrote in The Denver Post with Congressmen Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis discussing the federal government's recent moves to aid Coloradans who worked at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant from 1952 to 1983 and our ongoing fight to help those who worked at the facility after 1983.
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The Steamboat Pilot & Today: PILT and Colorado's Priorities
Sunday, February 9, 2014Read the op-ed that I wrote in the Steamboat Pilot & Today about making sure rural communities have the budget certainty they need to support their police departments, firefighters, schools and other services that help maintain public safety and our quality of life.
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The Durango Herald: All-of-the-above needed for Denver TV
Monday, February 3, 2014Read the op-ed that I wrote in The Durango Herald about ensuring southwest Coloradans can watch Colorado news, weather, emergency information — and of course our Broncos.
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Respect for All Veterans
Friday, November 29, 2013Read the op-ed that I wrote in Gay Military Signal calling for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to extend federal VA benefits to all married couples who have served our country.
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New York Times: End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now
Tuesday, November 26, 2013Read the op-ed that I wrote in the New York Times calling a recent surveillance reform package that fails to protect Americans' privacy rights, "business as usual."
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Glenwood Springs Post-Independent: The Colorado River: Every drop must count
Sunday, November 10, 2013Read the op-ed that I wrote in the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent about sustaining the Colorado River.