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  • Gardner-Backed Legislation to Combat Sex Trafficking Passes Senate

    Gardner-Backed Legislation to Combat Sex Trafficking Passes Senate

    Washington, D.C. – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) helped pass H.R.1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. Gardner was a cosponsor of the companion legislation in the Senate, which would clarify existing law that was shielding certain websites and certain individuals that were knowingly facilitating sex trafficking.

    This bipartisan legislation gives the victims of these crimes the justice they deserve against the criminals that carry out these dreadful acts. We need to do everything we can to combat sex trafficking and this legislation that will soon be law is a sensible step in the right direction for the victims. — Gardner

    The legislation was prompted after Senate investigations of the classifieds/advertisement website backpage.com. Criminals were using the website to post advertisements that led to sex trafficking and prostitution and the website was aware that it was being permitted to happen and did not take appropriate action to stop it. Under current interpretation of existing law, the victims of sex trafficking could seek civil action against the individuals but not against the websites facilitating this action. This legislation would give the victims the opportunity to hold these website or third party facilitators accountable.

    Additional information about the legislation can be found here. It passed the House 388-25 on February 27th.

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  • Gardner Hosts South Korean Foreign Minister

    Gardner Hosts South Korean Foreign Minister

    Washington, DC – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, met with the Republic of Korea’s Foreign Minister, H.E. Kyung-Wha Kang, during her U.S. trip to meet the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, pictured above.

    In his capacity as Subcommittee Chairman, Gardner welcomed the Foreign Minister to the United States and hosted a discussion with several other members of the Foreign Relations Committee.

    It was an honor to host a discussion with Minister Kang. We discussed ways to strengthen the U.S.-ROK alliance and the need to work closely together to achieve the complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. In our discussion today it became even more clear that the sanctions legislation I passed are having a significant impact that continues to put pressure on the regime. I thank Minister Kang for graciously accepting the invitation to meet today and look forward to working with her in the future. — Gardner

    Senator Gardner has been the leader in the Senate on efforts to bring a peaceful denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula. Gardner is the author of the Leverage to Enhance Effective Diplomacy Act (LEED). This bipartisan legislation requires the President to impose an economic embargo on North Korea and its enablers. Additionally, it requires the President to block any entity or financial institution implicated in any significant trade with North Korea from the U.S. financial system. Gardner is also the author of the North Korea Sanctions Policy and Enhancement Act, signed into law in February of 2016. The legislation marked the first time Congress imposed stand-alone mandatory sanctions on North Korea. 

     

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  • Gardner Joins Morning Joe and NPR to Discuss North Korea

    Gardner Joins Morning Joe and NPR to Discuss North Korea

    WASHINGTON, – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, joined Morning Joe and NPR’S Morning Edition today to discuss the latest developments on North Korea.

    On Morning Joe, Gardner said, “We are here because the President’s pressure has worked, but the next step is very very significant. And our number one goal has to be the complete, irreversible, verifiable denuclearization. …I spoke to the President last night and it sounds like that is exactly what he intends to do.”

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  • Gardner, Bennet Announce $2 Million TIGER Grant for Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado

    Gardner, Bennet Announce $2 Million TIGER Grant for Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado

    Washington, DC – Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) today announced the Department of Transportation has awarded the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe a $2 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant for a project aimed at improving access and safety along a 2.5-mile segment of US Highway 160.  

    This is great news for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe as these Department of Transportation funds will help make critical upgrades on this stretch of highway. Going forward, I’ll continue my efforts to ensure our local communities across Colorado have adequate resources from the federal government and ensure no corner of Colorado is ever forgotten. — Gardner

    For over a decade, the Ute Mountain Ute tribe has advocated for this project to modernize the roads in its community. We applaud the tribe’s efforts to secure this grant and commit to working with Southwest Colorado to help further federal investment in our local communities. — Bennet

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  • Gardner Joins CBS This Morning To Discuss North Korea and Trade

    Gardner Joins CBS This Morning To Discuss North Korea and Trade

    Washington, DC – Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity, joined CBS This Morning today to discuss the latest developments on North Korea and trade policy.

    On North Korea:

    “In the past, the United States has lived up to our end of the bargain where we’ve entered into promises or agreements with North Korea only to see the North Koreans break their end of the bargain so what this administration needs to continue to do is apply maximum pressure as it has, continue to engage China and other countries around the world to enforce stricter standards and stricter sanctions.”

    On Trade:

    “I think he [the President] is right to say we need trade agreements that are fair. What I disagree with, of course, is on the decision to impose a tariff on steel or aluminum, or to withdraw from NAFTA that could actually hurt the American people.”

     

    Bennet Statement on President Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

    Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports:

    Provoking a global trade war with reckless tweets puts American jobs and businesses at risk and increases costs for American families. We need a thoughtful and aggressive response to China’s overproduction of steel and aluminum, but blanket tariffs are not the answer. The President’s action, motivated by his political whims rather than effective policy, will invite retaliation and isolate us further from our trading partners. — Bennet

    Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance with jurisdiction over international trade issues, has advocated for balanced and targeted trade policies. In June 2017, he led a letter with Colorado Senator Cory Gardner urging the administration to narrowly tailor tariffs on aluminum imports. Last week, Bennet sent a bipartisan letter to President Trump urging him to lift his 30 percent tariff on imported solar panels and solar cells.

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  • Gardner Receives Award for Bipartisan Work in the Senate

    Gardner Receives Award for Bipartisan Work in the Senate

    Bipartisan Policy Center Presents Legislative Action Award to Gardner

     Washington, DC – The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today announced Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), has been awarded their Legislative Action Award. The awards are presented annually to members of Congress within their first six years in office who work to build consensus, elevate the tenor of the debate, practice civility, and advance legislation on pressing issues.

    “Senator Cory Gardner demonstrates the power of strong principles combined with a willingness to reach across the political aisle on issues of consequence to the nation. On matters as diverse and important as immigration, cybersecurity, and the threat from North Korea, Senator Gardner’s primary focus has been on action and results. He is at once a proud member of his party and an effective legislator who places the interests of the country first.” — BPC President Jason Grumet

    The diverse Award Selection Committee is comprised of BPC’s senior leadership and board members, co-chairs of BPC’s Commission on Political Reform, and representatives from businesses and non-profits, who provide their key input in determining our awardees.

    Putting partisan politics aside and focusing on enacting actual policy solutions for my constituents is one of my top priorities in the Senate. I appreciate the Bipartisan Policy Center recognizing my commitment to working across the aisle everyday with people like my Democratic colleague from Colorado Michael Bennet, and hope that in the coming year there are more legislative achievements we can point to that prove the best way to get meaningful things done is through bipartisanship. — Gardner

    About the Bipartisan Policy Center

    The Bipartisan Policy Center is a non-profit organization that combines the best ideas from both parties to promote health, security, and opportunity for all Americans. BPC drives principled and politically viable policy solutions through the power of rigorous analysis, painstaking negotiation, and aggressive advocacy. As a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that actively promotes bipartisanship, BPC works to address the key challenges facing the nation. Our policy solutions are the product of informed deliberations by former elected and appointed officials, business and labor leaders, and academics and advocates who represent both ends of the political spectrum. We are currently focused on health, energy, national security, the economy, financial regulatory reform, housing, immigration, infrastructure, and governance.

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  • Lights! Camera! Action! New documentary shows how Colorado protects election security

    Lights! Camera! Action! New documentary shows how Colorado protects election security

    DENVER — Colorado’s risk-limiting audit pioneered a critical process to show the security of elections.  The Colorado Secretary of State’s office documented the monumental effort by state and county election officials last fall when it completed the Nation’s First “Risk-Limiting Audit” to ensure that the counties’ ballot tabulation systems accurately counted the votes cast by Colorado’s electors.

    With the concerns about election integrity at the forefront of public consciousness, I’m proud to say that Colorado has an answer. Our paper ballots and groundbreaking risk-limiting audit provides a rock solid confirmation that Colorado’s voting systems are secure. Every Coloradan should have confidence that the election results report the actual votes across the state’s 64 counties. — Secretary Wayne Williams

    Colorado’s work in bringing the audit to reality was observed by federal and state election administrators, election integrity advocates, academics and media throughout the country, including Matt Masterson and Thomas Hicks, two of the three members of the presidentially appointed U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

    Colorado’s risk-limiting audit provided great insights into how to conduct more efficient and effective post-election audits. — Masterson

    The documentary includes praise for the new process from Elizabeth Steele, elections director of Colorado Common Cause, and professors at University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University and Massachusetts Institution of Technology. “The risk-limiting audit is one example of Colorado’s commitment to election integrity.” — Steele

    “Colorado is setting a new standard” and “is really putting a marker in the ground that election outcomes should be verified and can be verified,” said Columbia’s Mark Lindeman.

     

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  • Republican Darryl Glenn makes ballot under new petition procedures

    Republican Darryl Glenn makes ballot under new petition procedures

    DENVER – Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that Darryl Glenn, who is running for the Republican nomination in Congressional District 5, has successfully petitioned onto the primary ballot.

    Glenn, an El Paso County commissioner, submitted his petitions to the Secretary of State’s office on Dec. 28. Here is the signature breakdown after the petitions were reviewed to make sure the voter information was correct and that the signatures matched:

    • Required: 1,000
    • Turned in: 1,739
    • Rejected:  500
    • Accepted: 1,239

    Colorado law now allows petitioners a chance to “cure” non-matching signatures and other technical problems. The new cure process gives candidates the ability to fix issues without having to go to court. Judges had much more leeway to accept signatures that the Secretary of State’s office had to reject by law.

    Glenn used that new law to fix deficient affidavits turned in by petition circulators. Those affidavits previously had to be reviewed and accepted by a court. The candidate also has been informed that some of his signatures that were rejected could be cured but he has declined that option because he has enough valid signatures to make the ballot. 

    This is the first time that petition signatures have been checked to make sure they match voter signatures on file.

    There are two ways to get on the ballot in Colorado: through the petition process, by collecting valid voter signatures from a certain amount of members of your own party; or going through the caucus system, which begins Tuesday. The primary is June 26.

      

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  • Colorado Rep. Steve Lebsock sexual harassment allegations are deemed credible — faces expulsion

    Colorado Rep. Steve Lebsock sexual harassment allegations are deemed credible — faces expulsion

    Steve Lebsock has denied the sexual harassment allegations

    Majority Leader KC Becker sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives announcing the findings of a sexual harassment investigation of Rep. Steve Lebsock and her decision to introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Lebsock. In the letter, Majority Leader Becker says she expects her resolution to expel Rep. Lebsock to be introduced today, along with a memo in which she explains her decision to move forward.

    Click here to view a copy of the sexual harrassment investigation of Rep. Steve Lebsock

     

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  • Adams County — Democratic Party — Caucus

    Adams County — Democratic Party — Caucus

    Caucus is March 6, 2018.  This year there are five Democrats going though the caucus process to get on the Democratic primary ballot.  Caucus attendees will weigh in on their preference for Governor.  They will also select delegates to the County, Congressional, and State assemblies.  They will then select two people to represent their precinct as members of the Democrat Central Committee, the rule making body of the county party. 

    The Adams County Democratic Party would like to notify Democrats living in Adams County where their caucus location is:

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