Issue Position: Environment and Energy

Issue Position

I care about our environment, clean air and water. I fought for years to create the Arapahoe County Open Space Program that generated open space, paid for environmental cleanup along the South Platter River and added protection for the Highline Canal. I will continue to support and sponsor legislation that will keep Colorado beautiful and healthy.

Colorado's oil and natural gas industry in responsible for over 38,000 jobs and $4.1 billion in wages - in Colorado. It is good to know, we already have some of the strictest regulations on the oil and gas industry in the nation. Our energy economy is vital to our way of life, to the economy of our State, and for the thousands of jobs of our friends and neighbors.

I will fight over-regulation and outside special interests that are threatening to gut our economy, eliminate jobs and take away opportunities. I have experience working with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to create model local government best practices for the oil and gas industry. As your Representative, I will fight to ensure that industry protects the environment and has the opportunity to responsibly develop those critical resources while protecting Colorado's beautiful environment.

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