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Udall-Championed Provision to Strengthen Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Included in 2015 National Defense Authorization Act
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Udall, Lamborn Pass Bill to Name New Colorado Springs VA Clinic
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Local Community, Udall, Bennet Urge President to Listen to Coloradans, Consider Designating Browns Canyon as a National Monument
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 -
Udall Statement on Chuck Hagel's Resignation as Defense Secretary
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Udall, Bennet Applaud Senate Passage of Bill to Help Four Corners Residents Access Colorado TV News, Emergency Information
Friday, November 21, 2014 -
Udall Welcomes President's Decision to Heed His Call, Act on Deportation Relief
Thursday, November 20, 2014 -
Udall: Senate's Failure to Advance USA Freedom Act Not the End of NSA Reform
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 -
Udall, Hickenlooper, Bennet, Tipton Issue Statements on Gunnison Sage Grouse Listing Decision
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 -
Udall Calls on All Coloradans to Honor Colorado's Heroes on Veterans Day
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Udall, Hickenlooper, Bennet, Tipton Press Interior Secretary to Approve Balanced Resolution to Long-Running Roan Plateau Dispute
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Op-Eds
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Rock and Ice Magazine: What I've Learned
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The Daily Sentinel: The Wilderness Act turns 50
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The Denver Post: Keep Bosses Out of Private Health Choices
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Chaffee County Times: Wilderness is Worth Championing
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Los Angeles Times: How to end the NSA dragnet
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Greeley Tribune: Farm workers deserve access to American justice system
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Aurora Sentinel: Student Debt Drags Down Colorado's Graduates, Economy
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Huffington Post: Equality Shouldn't End At State Lines
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BuzzFeed: 14 Ways Getting Stuff Done In Congress Is Like Climbing A 14er
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USA Today: Excluding potatoes makes no sense
Monday, May 12, 2014
Blog
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Rebuilding Stronger, One Year Since the Flood
Thursday, September 11, 2014Coloradans have shown time and again that we are not defined by tragedies and disasters, but rather by how we stand united to face them and rebuild together as one community. From the first rainfall in September 2013 until the flood subsided, this unprecedented disaster tested our strength. Though this destruction shook us, it did not break us.
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Keeping Faith with the Wilderness Act
Wednesday, September 3, 2014From Colorado's earliest days, connecting with wilderness has been part of what defines us as Westerners. As a lifelong outdoorsman and leader of the Colorado Outward Bound School for 10 years, I can attest to the importance of Colorado's wilderness to our economy and our special way of life.
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Celebrating Colorados Wilderness
Friday, August 29, 2014Colorado is home to awe-inspiring public lands and natural treasures. We can thank the Wilderness Act of 1964 for preserving special places like Maroon Bells, the Great Sand Dunes and large swaths of Rocky Mountain National Park. This forward-thinking legislation ensures generations of Coloradans can experience and enjoy these places — and many others across the country — in their natural states.
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Banking on Students, Investing in Colorado's Economy
Wednesday, August 20, 2014Congress must act to restore opportunity to Coloradans with student debt. Join my call to pass the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act.
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Wrap-Up: The Colorado Womens Forum on Economic Opportunity
Monday, August 18, 2014Our great state has been shaped and molded by the strong Colorado women who lead their communities, bolster our economy and provide for their families. One of the best parts of my job representing Colorado in Washington, D.C., is to promote policies that open up economic opportunities for everyone — and last week, I co-hosted the Colorado Women’s Forum on Economic Opportunity to bring all those ideas and idea-makers together.
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A Day Without Colorado Aerospace
Wednesday, August 6, 2014Colorado is home to some of the most important and innovative aerospace operations in the world. The remarkable work done by Colorado's thriving community of scientists, engineers, innovators and entrepreneurs has established our state as an aerospace pioneer and helped our nation remain at the forefront of 21st century ingenuity.
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Bring Jobs Home
Thursday, July 31, 2014Throughout our nation's long history, American manufacturing has buoyed our economic success and helped us win the global economic race. From the post-war boom through today, Made-in-America jobs and products have laid the foundation for much of Colorado’s prosperity and success.
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Keeping Our Promise to Colorados Senior Citizens
Wednesday, July 30, 2014For nearly 50 years, Medicare has ensured Colorado senior citizens’ access to quality and affordable health care. Like most Coloradans, I believe this program must be protected and strengthened for future generations.
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WHAT I'M WORKING ON: Expanding Access to Resources for Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault
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Not Your Bosss Business
Tuesday, July 15, 2014Coloradans agree that no one should have to ask their boss for a permission slip to access critical health services — birth control or otherwise. But just over two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, turned back the clock on decades of progress toward gender equality by deciding to allow the vast majority of employers to refuse to cover contraception as part of employees’ health insurance policies.
Audio & Video
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Udall Leads Hearing on Job-Creating, Locally Driven Bill to Safeguard Browns Canyon
Video | Wednesday, July 23, 2014[ media removed in text-only mode ]Mark Udall, chairman of the U.S. Senate National Parks Subcommittee, leads a congressional hearing on his community-driven legislation to create the Browns Canyon National Monument, covering 22,000 acres between Salida and Buena Vista.
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Udall Presses Senate to End Tax Breaks for Outsourcing, Support American Jobs
Video | Tuesday, July 22, 2014[ media removed in text-only mode ]Mark Udall pressed his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to pass the Bring Jobs Home Act and support U.S. companies that create and preserve Made-in-America jobs, including manufacturing jobs. The Bring Jobs Home Act, which Udall co-sponsors, would close a tax loophole for companies that ship jobs overseas and instead provide a tax credit to companies that bring jobs back to the United States and strengthen local economies.
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Udall Urges Passage of His Bill to Protect Women's Access to Critical Health Services
Video | Tuesday, July 15, 2014[ media removed in text-only mode ]Mark Udall urged his colleagues to swiftly pass his common-sense bill to confront the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision and keep corporate interference out of women's private health decisions. The Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act — commonly called the "Not My Boss's Business" Act — aims to protect women from employers who want to deny their employees critical health benefits.
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Udall Urges Congress to Embrace Fiscally Responsible Changes to Wildfire Budgeting
Video | Tuesday, July 15, 2014Mark Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed his colleagues at a hearing to support fundamental changes to wildfire budgeting to help protect Colorado communities and our water supplies from the threat of modern mega-fires.
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Udall Discusses His Legislation to Protect Women's Private Health Decisions on Now with Alex Wagner
Video | Thursday, July 10, 2014Mark Udall discussed his legislation to fix the U.S. Supreme Court's misguided decision to allow some employers to refuse to cover contraception as part of employees' health insurance policies. Udall's Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act would restore Americans' freedom to make their own health care decisions without corporate intrusion and ensure women have access to affordable and common-sense preventive health services, including birth control.