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Issue Position
As a mother of four children, I believe that life begins at conception, and I will always defend life. Every human being has inherent value and dignity regardless of their stage of development, ability, age, gender, or race.
79% of Americans oppose late-term abortions and I join them in steadfast opposition to this practice. I support the Hyde Amendment in all appropriations bills and am proud that my appropriation's request prohibiting federal tax dollars from funding abortions was signed into law.
As a member of the Values Action Team, I work to defend pro-family legislation that promotes adoption and respects the right to life. I have cosponsored dozens of bills to protect life. I cosponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act to ensure federal funds aren’t being used to pay for abortions. I cosponsored legislation to prevent Planned Parenthood from accessing any federal mandatory or discretionary funds that are utilized to perform abortions. I cosponsored the Life at Conception Act to protect the unborn. I’ve cosponsored the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to ensure any child born alive after surviving an abortion receives immediate care.
Now that Roe V. Wade has been overturned, the American people and their elected local representatives have the ability to choose life like never before. I am also a strong supporter of the Tenth Amendment and believe that if the Constitution does not explicitly delegate powers to the federal government, the issues are reserved to the states and the people.
I will continue to provide a voice to the voiceless, protect the unborn, and support the pro-life movement.
Additionally, I believe that strong families are the foundation of American society, and I oppose efforts to redefine marriage as anything other than the union of one man and one woman.
Anti-family leftists are sacrificing everything on the altar of radical gender ideology, from first graders’ educations to women’s sports. I stood up for female athletes being silenced by the radical left, and I am not afraid to say that I reject the left’s woke definition of gender. Only women should play in women's sports and be allowed in women's locker rooms.
I am fighting to protect families from extremists telling our children that it's ok for them to get a sex change and take puberty blocking drugs. I sent a congressional inquiry holding the Biden regime accountable for using Colorado as a testcase for requiring tax dollars to fund sex change surgeries for minors. Sex change surgeries render a person sterile for life, and taxpayer dollars should not be used to permanently maim confused children. Children should never be used as pawns to advance radical gender ideology. Permanently altering and disabling the physical bodies of children is never ok—and it is especially deplorable when done to gain cheap political points with the radical left.
I introduced the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act to prohibit tax dollars from funding Dr. Fauci’s National Institute of Health’s studies on sex change, sterilization, chemical castration, and puberty-blocking procedures for minors suffering from gender dysphoria. Using psychologically vulnerable children as lab rats for life-altering sterilization procedures and genital mutilation is wrong, and it should be illegal.
I will always fight for pro-life and pro-family legislation that promotes adoption, reduces tax burdens on working families, improves school choice, and respects the right to life.
For my work on pro-life issues, I earned an "A+" rating from the Susan B Anthony List and a 100% score from the National Right to Life Committee. For my work on family values, I earned a 100% score from the Family Research Council and a 100% score from Eagle Forum.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
Colorado has 38,900 farms and ranches encompassing 32 million acres in Colorado. Many of these farms are in Colorado’s Third District, and our hardworking farmers and ranchers help feed the nation. Agriculture generates $47 billion annually for our state’s economy and supports more than 195,000 jobs. Colorado has the second-highest milk production per dairy cow in America. Colorado is home to more than 275 breweries, over 4.5 million head of cattle, and more than 450,000 goats and sheep. Colorado is 5th in the U.S. in beef exports. I am working hard to build on this progress and will continue to support Colorado’s agriculture industry however I can.
Farmers and ranchers know that property rights are the foundation of their livelihoods and the American dream. Leftists are retreading their tired strategy of using the Endangered Species Act and the sage-grouse to trample on private property rights and lock up our lands. I stood up for farmers and ranchers, and my legislative provision defunding efforts to list the sage-grouse as an endangered species was signed into law.
Unfortunately, our property and water rights are also under attack by the Biden administration’s 30 x 30 program, which aims to lock up hundreds of millions of acres and 30% of all lands and waters in the U.S., including private lands, over the next eight years through a massive federal land-grab. I introduced the 30 x 30 Termination Act to protect ranching, grazing, and multiple-use and block this radical initiative. I will always stand up for private property rights and will oppose encroachments by the federal government.
One of the biggest issues always facing agriculture is water. In Colorado, water rights are paramount to our economy, our environment, and our way of life. I introduced the Western Water Security Act to protect private property and water rights, prevent federal water grabs, and help ensure an abundant supply of clean water for future generations. We suffer from drought on a constant basis, and if it continues and we fail to act, our farms and ranches will suffer. That is why I also support effective water storage and delivery projects that will supply clean water in dry times.
I helped lead the charge to defeat the misguided proposalput forth by the Denver suburbs to steal seven billion gallons of water per year and dry up 22,667 irrigated acres in perpetuity in the San Luis Valley by piping water to the Denver suburbs. The Third Congressional District has fought similar proposals for decades as someone is always trying to steal our water and send it to the Front Range.
I cosponsored legislation and led an effort to prevent the return of the 2015 WOTUS rule, a land and water grab that sought to assert the Clean Water Act and federal jurisdiction over areas with the slightest connection to water resources. Farmers, ranchers, and property owners will all suffer if the Biden administration attempts to reinstate WOTUS.
For more information on my work on water, see a comprehensive list of my water policies here.
Additionally, I am fighting to protect farmers and ranchers from even more burdensome federal regulations, so I was pleased when my legislative provision delaying new regulations on livestock haulers was signed into law.
I support a full repeal of the estate tax or "death tax." Americans are taxed enough already on their earnings and holdings, and there is no reason they should be taxed again when they pass the family farm on to the next generation.
When Colorado’s Governor attacked the meat industry, I stood with our farmers and ranchers by supporting Meat In Day.
I cosponsored the bipartisan PRIME Act to increase processing options for farmers and ranchers who want to sell meat to consumers at farm stands, at farmers’ markets, or via home delivery.
Farmers and ranchers face ever-increasing difficulties from the radical left encroaching on their livelihoods, including by reintroducing wolves and leaving farmers and ranchers powerless to defend their livestock. I introduced legislation to ensure government bureaucrats follow the science and that management of these predators are not hampered by an unjustified Endangered Species Act listing. Since the federal government and an activist California judge have exacerbated the wolf problem for farmers and ranchers, I took action to secure funds for the Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration Program to compensate farmers and ranchers for lost livestock.
Liberal Washington, D.C. and Denver policies don’t work for rural Colorado farmers. I will continue to work tirelessly to protect the interests of our farmers and ranchers and ensure they are able to thrive off Colorado’s soil.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
Coloradans are struggling right now as they deal with the disastrous effects of Biden and Pelosi's destructive economic policies. They unleashed record inflation on Americans that has decimated our bank and retirement accounts, increased gas prices to record levels, raised utility bills, drove up grocery costs, and made it harder to live for most Americans. The primary root cause of this record-breaking inflation was trillions of dollars of wasteful federal spending. Biden and Pelosi have spent an unsustainable $5.7 trillion already and our national debt now exceeds $33 trillion dollars.
Thanks to Biden and Pelosi's reckless spending, America will spend ten trillion dollars more over the next 10 years than we were estimated to spend. While the federal government continues to spend trillions of dollars it doesn’t have, inflation has hit a 40-year high and our nation is now mired in a recession. Instead of addressing these major economic concerns head-on, the Democrat “solution” to inflation is to keep spending.
This excessive spending has real consequences. American families will pay a $8,581 inflation tax over the next year. Currently, 20 million Americans can’t pay their electric bill. We have seen a 4.3% decline in real wages since Biden took office. Americans have lost more than $2 trillion in retirement savings. Gas is nearly $4 a gallon again and Americans are paying more for everything because of Biden and Pelosi's inflation.
I am working to reduce inflation by voting against reckless spending bills, cutting wasteful spending through the amendment process, supporting American energy production, opposing corrupt earmarks, voting against raising the debt ceiling, opposing tax increases, and introducing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. Economic strength and job growth result from policies that unshackle job creators, allow American ingenuity, and provide certainty. I am fighting to reduce job-killing regulations and keep small businesses open.
I support a full repeal of the "death tax" as there is no reason to tax our ranchers and farmers again when they pass the family farm on to the next generation. I support making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent to prevent an unnecessary tax hike on the American people and job creators in 2025.
Employers throughout the district have consistently told me that they have good jobs they need to fill but can't find good people to hire. A huge part of this problem were excessive unemployment bonuses on top of normal unemployment. As a result, I called on Governor Polis to end the pandemic posturing, reject federal unemployment bonuses, and get Coloradans back to work.
I wrote in strong support of the Southern Colorado Surface Transportation Technology and Innovation Economic Cluster Expansion Project grant application. This project includes seven aligned projects designed to grow the surface transportation technology and innovation economic cluster throughout Southern Colorado. Some of these projects included: 1) Planning and implementation of an air, rail, and truck inland port that leverages significant existing resources – Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo Memorial Airport Industrial Park, PuebloPlex, and the federal Transportation Technology Center, a surface transportation testing and training facility, and rail assets located throughout the region – that includes a transload center to transfer freight among train, air, and truck transportation modes. 2) Development and implementation of a regional workforce development project led by a consortium of four colleges in the region: Lamar Community College, Otero College, Pueblo Community College, and Trinidad State College and including Colorado State University-Pueblo, Colorado Workforce Centers throughout the region, and Transportation Technology Center, Inc., aimed at developing highly-skilled workforce throughout the region ready to be employed by the growing economic cluster.
I toured and highlighted the Pueblo Chemical Depot with Rep. Doug Lamborn and have supported this facility through the Appropriations process. My office has been talking almost weekly with the Pueblo steel mill and seeking to support them as the mill seeks to obtain new ownership. I toured the mill earlier this year and those 1,400 jobs and the Mill are very important to me.
I toured and highlighted Water Tower Place in Pueblo earlier this year. This exciting new revitalization is on the Historic Riverwalk and will add new residential space, restaurants, and recreational facilities. I toured and highlighted Pewag earlier this year, a chain manufacturer that dates back to the 1400’s, to talk about their tire chains made in Pueblo.
When the Biden bureaucracy tried to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction back to the swamp, I led a public pressure campaign that kept the Western Headquarters, 56 Headquarter jobs and 70 other good-paying Bureau of Land Management jobs in Grand Junction.
When I-70 was shut down for 16.5 days following a catastrophic mudslide, I was one of the first elected officials to visit the scene and led Colorado’s bipartisan congressional delegation in securing more than $11.6 million to reopen and repair I-70.
I supported the San Luis Valley Regional Airport’s selection of Denver Air Connection to provide air service to Alamosa. Access to adequate, timely, and reliable air service in and out of the 6-county region is crucial. If successful, this effort will provide an economic boom for the region.
I supported Glenwood Springs in its grant application for the South Bridge project. This project would establish a new bridge connection that will provide a critical second access point between State Highway 82 and the western side of the Roaring Fork River in the south corridor of Glenwood Springs. It would create much-needed redundancy in transit infrastructure in the region, and would significantly improve emergency evacuation capacity, emergency service access, and local land use access.
I delivered a victory for the San Luis Valley by getting its new weather radar integrated with the National Weather Service’s system. After a year of bureaucratic delays, I stepped in and got the job done. This improved data will help water districts and farmers manage drought, assist first responders in reacting to emergencies, and give rural communities more resources and information.
I delivered a win for farmers and ranchers by providing regulatory relief from overreaching regulations targeting livestock haulers through a legislative rider signed into law.
I wrote a letter of support for the San Luis Central Railroad Company’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) competitive grant application to support farmers and ranchers in the Valley.
I introduced the Fueling American Prosperity Act to reduce gas prices and responsibly develop American energy by streamlining the permit process. My legislation would also restart the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, ban importing Russian oil and natural gas, and resume oil and natural gas leasing. My bill will increase American energy exports to boost our economy and project American strength while exporting freedom throughout the world.
When Biden unilaterally locked up federal lands and threatened Colorado’s energy jobs, I introduced the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act to stop his attack on our energy workers. If Biden’s anti-American energy policies were left in place, Colorado will lose 16,000 energy jobs during his first term and over 200,000 in the next decade. My bill repeals Biden’s job-killing executive mandates, ensures reliable and affordable energy supplies, and fosters economic growth and job creation in rural communities.
When Biden killed the Keystone XL pipeline on day one, I cosponsored the Keystone XL Construction and Jobs Act and introduced two bills to overturn this job-killing decision.
I led an effort demanding accountability for Biden's failed energy policies and asking what actions this administration plans to take to reduce pain at the pump.
I authored a letter of strong support for 566 water projects that would provide new or improved ditches, pipelines, conveyance, and storage for Conejos, Alamosa, Rio Grande, and Mineral counties.
I stood up for rural healthcare and helped Delta Health secure Sole Community Hospital Provider Status. This designation will help stabilize drug prices, allow Delta Health to remain independent, and secure more healthcare infrastructure for the community.
I led 14 Members of Congress in a letter blasting the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service for proposing new management plans that would kill jobs, harm tourism, and inhibit wildfire response.
I have worked closely with the bipartisan delegation to try and keep Space Command, 1,600 jobs, and hundreds of millions of dollars in Colorado. I also secured important federal resources into law for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Colorado’s space program including $2.6 billion for the NASA Space Launch System (SLS), $1.4 billion for the Orion Multi‐Purpose Crew Vehicle, and $590 million for Exploration Ground Systems. Colorado’s aerospace economy is second only to California and accounts for nearly 200,000 jobs.
I will continue to put Americans first in every economic decision I make and work tirelessly to help fix our faltering economy.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
As a mom raising four boys, I understand that families across this country want the best education possible for their children and want to have a say in education matters. We want to be able to go to schoolboard meetings and speak up without having the FBI label us domestic terrorists.
I oppose sweeping federal mandates that usurp power from local school districts. Common Core has ripped apart the education system by failing to provide students the necessary tools and resources to excel beyond the classroom. One size does not fit all when it comes to education and our nation's youth, and education matters are best handled at the state, local, and family levels.
In rural Colorado, we know the importance of school-to-career programs, which I why I introduced anamendment to support apprenticeship programs that give our students the tools they need to succeed while starting their careers.
I am working to ensure that our rural schools have the same resources as big city schools, which is why I successfully ensured that full funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program was signed into law. The $515 million I secured for the PILT Program will help fund rural schools that lose out on property tax revenue due to tax-exempt federal lands in their jurisdiction.
My Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention, and Community Protection Act includes a provision that requires 25% of all forestry revenues from national forests to be reinvested into local communities, including their schools. My bill will help revitalize schools in rural communities and ensure they have the resources to invest in the next generation.
I support school choice, because far too often, a child's potential is limited by being trapped in a failing school. Unfortunately, the current one-size-fits-all education system makes educational quality a function of a family's zip code. This inflexibility creates big problems. One in five Americans is illiterate, and many more are only able to read at a basic level. When compared with the rest of the world, America ranks 24th in reading, 25th in science, and 40th in math. America used to lead the world in education, but now countries like China and Japan are outpacing us.
School choice helps change this trajectory by allowing parents to place their children in a school that works for their unique needs. Parents know how to raise their children better than government bureaucrats and teachers' unions, and they are most capable of deciding what is in their child’s best interest, whether that be a private school, a public school, a charter school, or a religious school.
Our current education system is in a sad state of affairs. I have cosponsored numerous pieces of legislation to protect our children from critical race theory and woke gender propaganda being taught in our schools. When Biden’s Department of Justice labeled parents domestic terrorists, I stepped in to demand accountability.
When Democrats introduced funding for woke colleges, I introduced an amendment to prohibit tax dollars for this purpose. When Biden unilaterally forgave student loans in a last-ditch election year bribe, I stood up for people who worked hard to pay off their student loans or chose a different career path that did not require student debt.
When leftists allowed a man to dominate in women’s sports, I stood up for female athletes being left behind.
Throughout the pandemic, we saw teachers' unions advocate for unscientific policies that hurt our children’s education for the sake of politics. This is the same tired strategy they use to oppose school choice, and I will continue to put our students ahead of politics by standing up to the unions. I cosponsored the Keep Kids in Schools Act to ensure in-person learning continues. I also cosponsored the Championing Our Parents Act to prohibit any federal funds from being used to label parents concerned about education domestic terrorists.
Colorado’s Third District has some of the most gifted students in the nation. I enjoy highlighting their achievements through the high school Congressional Art Competition and by nominating CO-03’s best and brightest to the U.S. Service Academies. If you are a high school student or if you know a high school student interested in the Congressional Art Competition or in a nomination to the U.S. Service Academies, please reach out to my office!
As a mom of four, I know that Colorado’s students are our future, and I am working hard for them.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy that responsibly develops all domestic energy sources including hydropower, nuclear, oil, natural gas, geothermal, and renewables. Our region demonstrates that conservation and economic development are not mutually exclusive goals. We all want clean air and clean water, but we also want important recreation opportunities and good-paying jobs. American has the highest standards and regulations in the world and we can have all these things if we return to common sense land policies.
The Third Congressional District is home to the 2nd largest shale basin in North America, the Bureau of Land Management's Western Headquarters, and some of America's largest uranium deposits. More than 55% of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District is federal land. Coal-fired power plants provide 45% of Colorado's net generation. Colorado’s Third District accounts for nearly 44% of Colorado’s natural gas production, and Colorado is the 7th largest natural gas-producing state.
Colorado’s West Slope used to have a booming energy production economy. I remember because the roughnecks used to come to my restaurant, and I knew we had a good day when the mud from their boots covered my floors. There used to be 112 rigs on the West Slope, but now we have 3 rigs. Now, not in my backyard extremists and leftist Democrat policies have driven away those good-paying jobs.
The root causes of this record-breaking inflation were trillions of dollars of wasteful federal spending and unnecessary attacks on American energy. The Biden administration has waged an all-out war on American energy production. Biden shut down the Keystone XL pipeline on day one, imposed new rules to block pipeline projects, canceled oil and gas leases on millions of acres in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, suspended oil-drilling leases in a small sliver of ANWR even though Congress passed a law for this very purpose, imposed a moratorium on new federal oil and gas leases on federal lands, failed to meet the statutory deadlines for quarterly lease sales, and took countless other anti-energy measures that have contributed to gas prices and inflation reaching record levels.
America makes the cleanest energy in the world. In fact, our natural gas is 42% cleaner than Russian gas. American innovation, in particular fracking, has allowed America to be the global leader in reducing emissions since 2000. We need to stop buying oil and gas from Russia, stop begging OPEC, Venezuela, and even Iran to produce energy for us, and start producing more energy responsibly in America.
I introduced the Fueling American Prosperity Act to reduce gas prices and responsibly develop American energy by streamlining the permit process. My legislation would also restart the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, ban importing Russian oil and natural gas, and resume oil and natural gas leasing. My bill will increase American energy exports to boost our economy and project American strength while exporting freedom throughout the world.
When Biden unilaterally locked up federal lands and threatened Colorado’s energy jobs, I introduced the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act to stop his attack on our energy workers. If Biden’s anti-American energy policies were left in place, Colorado will lose 16,000 energy jobs during his first term and over 200,000 in the next decade. My bill repeals Biden’s job-killing executive mandates, ensures reliable and affordable energy supplies, and fosters economic growth and job creation in rural communities.
I cosponsored the Keystone XL Construction and Jobs Act and introduced two bills to overturn Biden's job-killing Keystone XL decision.
I led an effort demanding accountability for Biden's failed energy policies and asking what actions this administration plans to take to reduce pain at the pump.
The Forest Service estimates 63 million acres are currently at high risk of catastrophic wildfire and each year, nearly 10 million acres in the U.S. catch on fire. Colorado also had the three largest recorded wildfires in state history in 2020. Federal agencies have chosen to spend billions on the backend putting out wildfires as opposed to prioritizing active management upfront that would reduce the size and number of wildfires. From 2015 to 2020, they spent $14.1 billion of taxpayer money just putting out fires.
Wildfires are bad for the environment. NASA estimates that one large fire emits more pollution in a few days than all the cars in Colorado emit in an entire year. In recent years, Denver registered the worst air quality in the WORLD due to fire pollution. Wildfire smoke is also responsible for serious disorders, including eye and respiratory tract infections, reduced lung function, bronchitis, exacerbation of asthma, and even premature death.
According to the Colorado State Forest Service more than 24.4 million acres of Colorado forestland impact Colorado’s water supply, where 80% of the state’s population relies on those forested watersheds for municipal water supplies. Healthy forests act as a natural water filter and storage system and are critical to maintaining healthy watersheds. In the United States, forests are a source of drinking water for over 180 million people. We can reduce the size and severity of wildfires through active forest management, which will also help protect our watersheds and municipal water supplies.
I am working hard to prevent catastrophic wildfires and cleanup our forests. I’ve introduced the most comprehensive forest legislation in decades. My bill, H.R. 4302, will prevent wildfires, actively manage our forests, and improve the environment. It contains important litigation reforms that will prevent frivolous lawsuits that have closed our mills. And the best part about it is my legislation is fully paid for and will generate billions of dollars for the U.S. Treasury. Finally, my bill puts rural communities first by ensuring counties receive 25% of the revenue generated from timber harvests, allowing them to fund essential services including local wildland firefighting teams, hotshots, smokejumpers, and equip these firefighters with the best training and equipment possible.
I also secured $48 million in legislation signed into law for the U.S. Forest Service to actively manage our forests and address high-priority invasive species and pests like the bark beetle infestations ravaging Colorado and creating deadly wildfire hazards.
Additionally, my commonsense amendment to actively manage our forests and protect energy infrastructure, like powerlines, from wildfires passed the House Committee on Natural Resources with unanimous, bipartisan support.
When the Biden bureaucracy tried to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction back to the swamp, I led a public pressure campaign that kept the Western Headquarters, 56 Headquarter jobs and 70 other good-paying Bureau of Land Management jobs in Grand Junction.
I have taken numerous other actions to support American energy dominance. I cosponsored the Protecting American Energy Production Act to prohibit partisan mineral withdrawals and ensure federal resources are produced responsibly. I cosponsored the Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act to remove bureaucracy and red tape that is preventing important pipelines from being built to safely and reliably transport American energy. I cosponsored the Energy Permitting Certainty Act to prevent frivolous lawsuits from preventing the processing of energy permits. I also cosponsored the Onshore Energy Production Act to immediately resume onshore oil and gas lease sales.
I introduced the House Companion to the Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act. This locally-driven, bipartisan bill protects the Dolores River, prevents a federal water grab, allows current uses, and upholds private water rights.
I am aggressively working to remove invasive salt cedar and Russian olive trees that are guzzling water and recently worked with Montezuma County to secure an important appropriations victory that passed the House and will allow for a pilot program to combat salt cedars. Salt cedars consume about 200 gallons of water per day per plant.
In a legislative provision signed into law, I secured $10 million for the Indian Irrigation Fund to address the deferred maintenance backlog and increase water storage projects like the Southern Utes’ Pine River Indian Irrigation Project.
I also helped lead the charge to defeat the misguided proposal put forth by Denver suburbs' plan to steal seven billion gallons of water per year from the San Luis Valley. For more information on my work on water, see a comprehensive list of my water policies here.
Republicans know the answer to the energy crisis, and we know how to lower gas prices. It's American energy and drill baby drill.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
President Trump's America First policies worked and helped restore our Nation. We must hold other nations accountable for meeting their funding commitments to NATO and establish that the days of the United States footing the bill for everything are over. I oppose sending unlimited taxpayer money overseas while we face our own challenges domestically.
I believe in standing with our allies. America’s closest ally is Israel, and I have stood with them through countless attacks from the radical left. When Democrats raised the debt ceiling and stripped Israel of funding for the Iron Dome, I called them out. I stood up when Biden proposed sending $235 million to Hamas when they were attacking and bombing our ally, Israel.
In order to succeed in the international realm, we need an America First policy that projects economic, military, and moral strength to our adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. I will fight against Biden’s efforts to reenter the Iran Nuclear Deal, and I believe we should have continued President Trump’s successful maximum pressure campaign.
I support continuing the Trump administration’s free and fair trade policies that stood up to bullies and put American workers first. I am a strong advocate for the USMCA, and I will continue to work hard to support trade policies that boost the American economy and increase wages.
The U.S. is the greatest country in the world, and we need a corresponding foreign policy. America should lead by example. Biden’s pitiful lead-from-behind strategy in his botched Afghanistan failure cost the lives of 13 U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers.
Additionally, I believe that strong energy policy corresponds with strong foreign policy. Russia was emboldened after the Biden Administration shut down the Keystone XL pipeline and severely restricted domestic energy production. I introduced legislation to get America back on a path towards energy independence by restarting the Keystone XL pipeline immediately, banning Russian oil and natural gas, and resuming oil and natural gas leasing on American land.
When Democrats invited U.N. bureaucrats to label law enforcement officers as racists, I called them out for their anti-American garbage. And when Democrats introduced the America CONCEDES Act to funnel $8 billion to China in “climate change” money laundering, I was proud to put America first and vote no.
I introduced the Paris Agreement Constitutional Treaty Act to prohibit Congress from spending funds on the Paris Agreement until the Senate ratifies it. I joined over 100 Members in protecting the Second Amendment and urging Biden not to rejoin the unconstitutional United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
I cosponsored the COI Elimination Act that will abolish a United Nations anti-Israel commission and restrict U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding the commission.
I cosponsored the Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act to prevent the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from owning land in the United States. Additionally, I cosponsored the Beat China Act to incentivize companies to combat the supply chain crisis.
I cosponsored the Prevent Taliban Support Act to prevent the use of any U.S. government funds to provide any kind of support to the Taliban. Additionally, I cosponsored the Afghanistan Accountability Act that requires an after-action extensive report on Biden’s mismanagement of the crisis in Afghanistan.
I have fought Democrats every step of the way in their fight to put America last, and I won’t stop now. I will put America first now and always. If the tragedy and chaos of the Biden regime has taught us anything, it is that the world is safer when America is strong. American strength comes from putting America first, and I will keep standing for America first policies every day.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
When I was sworn into Congress, I pledged to support and defend the Constitution of the United States—including the Second Amendment. The Founders understood that the right to keep and bear arms is necessary to the security of a free state, so they drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that the government did not mess with our sacred liberties.
Despite the clarity of the Second Amendment, leftists continue to try and trample on our enumerated rights. The Second Amendment is not open for debate, and I oppose the continuous, sustained, and unceasing attacks on our Constitution. When the government limits an individual's ability to lawfully purchase or carry firearms, it effectively disarms law-abiding citizens while allowing criminals to act unchecked.
As the co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, I directly fight to keep our freedoms intact. I successfully led efforts opposing gun control activist and lobbyist David Chipman’s confirmation as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Additionally, I co-sponsored the No REGISTRY Rights Act to delete over one billion ATF records of firearms transactions and ensure that the ATF follows the law and ceases creating a federal firearms registry. Like many law-abiding gun owners, I don’t trust the Biden regime or the federal government with this information. This bill ensures these records are deleted, restores privacy, and defends the Second Amendment.
I am a tireless advocate for the Second Amendment. I wrote an op-ed in the Washington Examiner defending the right to keep and bear arms from the leftist measures in the so-called “Bi-Partisan Background Checks Act” and the “Enhanced Background Check Act". I also spoke against both these bills on the House Floor and called out Members of Congress who have taxpayer-funded 24/7 armed security but want to deny Americans the right to defend themselves.
When RINOs caved and passed a terrible gun control bill, I introduced the Shall Not Be Infringed Act to repeal this terrible legislation and protect the Second Amendment.
I filed an amicus brief defending the Second Amendment before the Supreme Court in the case of New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. For the last century, New York’s mandates have banned Americans from carrying a firearm outside of their home unless a public safety bureaucrat determines they have “proper cause.” I searched the Second Amendment, but I couldn’t find the phrase “proper cause,” all I saw was “shall not be infringed.” The Supreme Court agreed with our argument and struck down unconstitutional "may-issue" regimes nationwide. This was the biggest legal win for the Second Amendment in decades!
When Democrats added red flag laws to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) targeting our men and women in uniform, I voted against red flag laws. I worked to amend the NDAA and add Second Amendment protections. Because of my work, the final version of the NDAA did not include red flag laws, and our men and women in uniform will still have the same Second Amendment rights as everyone else. Our men and women in uniform defend the Constitution, and I will always defend their constitutional rights. Additionally, I cosponsored the Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act to prohibit the VA from transferring veterans’ information to NICS solely because they have received a disability rating for a mental illness. Americans who fought for freedom deserve to be free!
I also joined over 100 Members in protecting the Second Amendment and urging Biden not to rejoin the unconstitutional United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. I introduced amendments to government funding bills to defund red flag laws, gun control programs targeting law-abiding citizens, and gun buyback programs. I cosponsored the SAFER Voter Act to lower the legal gun-purchasing age to 18—the age people can be drafted and serve in the military. Additionally, I cosponsored the Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act to prohibit imposing gun control measures under the guise of a national emergency.
I strongly defended the Second Amendment of our Constitution and opposed an unconstitutional stunt from House Democrats to ban Members of Congress from carrying firearms for their personal protection in House Committee hearing and conference rooms.
I will always guard the sacred text of our Constitution, and I oppose gun grabs, mandatory gun buy backs, the creation of a national firearm registry, the criminalization of common transfers of firearms between family members and neighbors, and any other policies the radical left pursues to attack the Second Amendment. I vote against gun control bills that threaten our Second Amendment rights, and I will remain a strong defender of the Constitution. I am keeping my promise to defend the Second Amendment and upholding my oath to protect and defend the Constitution.
As a result of my work on the Second Amendment, I earned an "A" rating with both Gun Owners of America and the National Rifle Association.
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As a resident of rural Colorado, I understand the unique challenges that our District faces accessing quality healthcare. We need to eliminate red tape and useless bureaucracy that is standing between you and your doctor. I support healthcare reforms that encourage marketplace competition, expand access to health savings accounts, increase patient choices, safeguard individuals with pre-existing conditions, expand telehealth, and increase care in rural America.
I secured $1.74 billion to invest in Community Health Centers that provide medical care to rural communities. Community Health Centers save the health care system $24 billion annually since they cost less than one-sixth of an average visit to an emergency room. In Colorado’s Third Congressional District, we have eight Community Health Centers, and my legislative provision signed into law will help provide better access to quality medical care, provide more jobs, and strengthen rural communities.
I am working to reduce healthcare costs for rural communities, including by lowering drug prices. I worked with bipartisan state and local officials to help Delta Health secure Sole Community Hospital Provider Status from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This designation will help stabilize drug prices, allow Delta Health to remain independent, and secure more healthcare infrastructure for the community.
I cosponsored the Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act, legislation that gives veterans the option to receive primary care services from a non-VA health care provider under a direct primary care service arrangement through the use of a veteran health savings account. To see more of my work to improve healthcare for veterans, click here.
I introduced an appropriations amendment that redirected wasteful spending in the bill in order to increase funding for Rural Health Community Facilities. I cosponsored the Telehealth Expansion Act, legislation that would make a waiver permanent to allow for increased coverage and expansion of telehealth.
I introduced H.R. 374, the World Health Organization Accountability Act to hold the WHO and China accountable for their failures that contributed to the outbreak of COVID-19. It will totally defund the WHO and put America first in healthcare.
Healthcare decisions should be between a patient and their doctor, which is why I have fought tooth and nail against unconstitutional vaccine mandates. Additionally, I filed a lawsuit against the Center for Disease and Control (CDC) to end their unconstitutional mask mandate on airplanes. Thankfully, a federal judge agreed with us, ruling the CDC’s mask mandate unconstitutional. I will continue to stand for freedom and will look at ways to hold the CDC accountable for its illegal actions.
I am working to ensure that tax dollars don’t fund grotesque, pseudoscientific procedures falsely labeled “healthcare.” I am strongly pro-life and pro-family. I sent a congressional inquiry holding the Biden regime accountable for using Colorado as a testcase for requiring tax dollars to fund sex change surgeries for minors. Sex change surgeries render a person sterile for life, and taxpayer dollars should not be used to permanently maim confused children. Children should never be used as pawns to advance radical gender ideology. Using taxpayer dollars to fund sex changes and sterilization surgeries is one of the most reprehensible, disgusting, extreme, and grotesque policies I’ve ever seen. Permanently altering and disabling the physical bodies of children is never ok—and it is especially deplorable when done to gain cheap political points with the radical left.
Additionally, I introduced the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act to prohibit tax dollars from funding Dr. Fauci’s National Institute of Health’s studies on sex change, sterilization, chemical castration, and puberty-blocking procedures for minors suffering from gender dysphoria. Using psychologically vulnerable children as lab rats for life-altering sterilization procedures and genital mutilation is wrong, and it should be illegal.
I will keep working for responsible healthcare policies that respect the dignity of individuals, support rural communities, decrease healthcare costs, and restore free market competition to the healthcare industry.
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Issue Position
Our southern border is in chaos because of the Biden Administration and the Left’s radical open-borders agenda. Since Biden has taken office, over 3.8 million illegal aliens crossed the southern border, and that’s just the ones we know of and doesn’t include the got-a-ways. To put that in perspective, that’s more than 4x the entire population of Denver.
Sadly, it’s not just illegal immigrants coming across the southern border, but enough fentanyl to kill every American 15 times illegally entered through our southern border on Biden’s watch. Fentanyl is the number one cause of death for Americans ages 18-45, and it’s not slowing down. Fentanyl smuggling doubled in 2021. This drug, mostly imported from China and continuously smuggled through our southern border, is killing kids and destroying families throughout the country. Sadly, more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, including 900 Coloradans.
I've introduced legislation to stop the flow of fentanyl into our communities by designating fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction to increase interagency cooperation and allocate additional federal resources.
I’m working with Montezuma County to receive a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program designation and receive federal funding to combat the growing fentanyl and drug problem.
Crime is rampant and Colorado leads the nation in car thefts, cocaine use and bank robberies. We must fund the police, ICE and border patrol.
I am working to remove loopholes in our immigration laws that encourage people to come here illegally. I am also fighting to remove loopholes that allow human trafficking. Nearly one-third of young women illegally traveling to our southern border are sexually assaulted, and 70 percent of all illegal immigrants are victims of violence. I have seen firsthand the devastation that human trafficking causes, and we have a duty to completely secure the border and stop incentivizing human trafficking.
I’ve been to the border three times. I’ve seen the humanitarian devastation and national security catastrophe the Biden Border Crisis has caused. This cannot continue.
I oppose policies that incentivize illegal immigration and provide amnesty. The U.S. is a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws, I am fighting to reform our broken immigration system and support legal immigrants who come here the legal way.
The reason that so many people desire to immigrate to the United States is that we are a nation of laws established upon a strong Constitution that protects the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, and the freedom to pursue the American Dream. Without the rule of law, America will become just like other countries where so many immigrants have fled from violence, communism, and persecution.
I introduced the Secure the Southern Border Act to increase border security, restore the remain in Mexico policy, and end catch and release. I introduced the No Amnesty Act to terminate Biden’s open-borders agenda.
The Biden administration ended Title 42—a policy that prevents illegal aliens with communicable diseases like COVID from entering the country. According to Border Patrol, this was one of the few remaining policies which enabled agents to refuse entry to illegal aliens trying to cross our southern border. Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate said the administration should have kept this health and border security measure in place. The disastrous decision to rescind Title 42 is only making Biden’s Border Crisis worse. I led a Special Order on the House Floor with my colleagues in the House Freedom Caucus demanding that the Biden administration keep Title 42 in place.
We need to secure the border, enforce our immigration laws, and send a strong message that if you want to come to the U.S., you must do so legally. The crisis at the border needs real solutions, not amnesty or phony “root cause” initiatives like Kamala the Border Czar has recommended.
Democrats have been treating illegal aliens like guests on the Oprah Winfrey show. Illegal aliens get freebies while American citizens pay the bill. Now, they get free education, a free plane ticket, free medical care, free housing, free food, and even a free lawyer to help them avoid the consequences of breaking the law. The American people are tired of America last policies where they are being put behind illegal immigrants and footing the bill for freebies. I’ve had enough, so I introduced the No Taxpayer Funded Lawyers for Illegal Aliens Act to ensure that no taxpayer money is used to reward illegal aliens who broke our laws entering the country.
These horrible policies are costing Coloradans dearly. Approximately 45% of illegal aliens in Colorado are on government aid, including 41% on food stamps and 27% on Medicaid. Additionally, illegal immigration hurts our economy through harder-to-measure expenses like unemployment given to Americans who lost their jobs to aliens here illegally, the high rate of uninsured drivers, higher crime rates, and lost tax revenue due to underground market activity. In total, illegal immigration is estimated to cost Colorado $1.1 billion per year.
I’ve talked to Border Patrol agents standing post on the front line, and I stand with them. When the Biden administration promised to give criminal aliens $450,000 while firing Border Patrol agents, I introduced legislation and successfully pressured the Biden administration to scrap this terrible plan.
I introduced an appropriations amendment to prohibit funds from going to sanctuary cities. I filed a different appropriations amendment that prevented funds from being used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to grant illegal aliens VA benefits.
Because of my work to secure the border, I am 1 of only 6 Members of Congress out of 435 to receive a perfect score 100% score from NumbersUSA.
Our nation has always welcomed—and will continue to welcome—legal newcomers who embrace our values, assimilate into our society, pledge allegiance to our flag, and strive for the American dream. By supporting law and order in our immigration system, I am committed to ensuring we protect the homeland and the interests of the American people.
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Issue Position
Colorado is the nation’s 8th largest state, extending nearly 300 miles from north to south and nearly 400 miles from east to west. $323 billion in goods are shipped to and from Colorado annually. 75% of these goods are carried by our great American truckers on Colorado roads. Colorado’s transportation infrastructure supports 77,308 full-time jobs and $3.4 billion annually. With nearly 70,000 new residents last year, Colorado is the 7th fastest-growing state in the U.S., and Colorado’s Third Congressional District comprises 47+% of the entire state of Colorado. To support our booming state, we need infrastructure and sound economic policies.
While Pelosi and Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending package falsely labeled “infrastructure” did nothing but increase inflation, I introduced a responsible and effective infrastructure solution. Less than 10% of their $1.2 trillion so-called "infrastructure bill" went to roads and bridges. The bill provided tens of billions of dollars for Solyndra-style slush funds, Green New Deal policies, electric buses, and government welfare. In contrast,
100% of my America’s Infrastructure Modernization (AIM) Act goes to actual infrastructure projects. My bill is a targeted, efficient infrastructure plan that works for America. The AIM Act would reallocate $650 billion of the remaining $2.2 trillion of unspent COVID funds to build roads, bridges, airports, ports, and other real infrastructure projects. There is no reason to increase taxes and waste trillions of dollars on a leftist wish list when we have the ability to deliver real infrastructure results for the American people without raising their taxes or increasing federal spending.
When I-70 was shut down for 16.5 days following a catastrophic mudslide, I was one of the first elected officials to visit the scene and led Colorado’s bipartisan congressional delegation in securing millions of dollars in emergency support.
I-70 closes far too frequently, and Colorado needs a backup plan. I introduced the I-70 Detour Act to alleviate the burden of I-70 shutdowns on communities surrounding the I-70 corridor and to ensure commerce for the West Slope doesn't come to a screeching halt every time I-70 shuts down. Specifically, my bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to identify and prioritize funding for identifying repairs and alternative routes to I-70 in order to reduce traffic, increase safety, and improve rural Colorado’s resilience.
I am always actively searching for local infrastructure projects to support. I wrote a letter of support for the San Luis Central Railroad Company’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) competitive grant application to support farmers and ranchers in the Valley.
I supported Glenwood Springs in its grant application for South Bridge. This project would establish a new bridge connection that will provide a critical second access point between State Highway 82 and the western side of the Roaring Fork River in the south corridor of Glenwood Springs. It would create much-needed redundancy in transit infrastructure in the region, and would significantly improve emergency evacuation capacity, emergency service access, and local land use access.
I also supported the San Luis Valley Regional Airport’s selection of Denver Air Connection to provide air service to Alamosa. Access to adequate, timely, and reliable air service in and out of the 6-county region is crucial. If successful, this effort will provide an economic boom for the region.
I delivered a victory for the San Luis Valley by getting its new weather radar integrated with the National Weather Service’s system. After a year of bureaucratic delays, I stepped in and got the job done. This improved data will help water districts and farmers manage drought, assist first responders in reacting to emergencies, and give rural communities more resources and information.
Additionally, my amendment to protect critical energy and utility infrastructure from wildfire risks passed the House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously with bipartisan support.
I am also focusing on providing local communities with the resources they need to fund local infrastructure projects. My appropriations request that the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program be fully-funded was signed into law, giving extra resources to local communities that are unable to collect property taxes due to extensive federal lands in their jurisdictions. These additional funds can be used for local infrastructure projects that meet the needs of rural communities. Additionally, I introduced the MORE PILT Act to lay the groundwork for increasing PILT payments and investing more resources into rural communities.
Finally, my Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention, and Community Protection Act reinvests 25% of all forestry revenue from national forests into the local communities they surround. These extra resources can go to improve roads, bridges, emergency equipment, law enforcement, search and rescue, education, or any other important local priorities.
Living in rural Colorado, I know the unique infrastructure challenges our communities face. I have your back in Congress, and I am working hard to deliver tangible victories for the District.
For my work on infrastructure issues, I received a 100% score from the Associated Builders and Contractors.
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Issue Position
Rural law enforcement officers exemplify unwavering courage, often standing as the first line of defense with limited backup. These dedicated heroes rush toward peril while others retreat. Every day, our law enforcement personnel labor tirelessly to safeguard our communities, and they have my full and unwavering support.
The escalating crime rates afflicting our great American cities find their fuel in calls from the Left to defund our police. Democratic-led cities, such as Minneapolis, Seattle, New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington D.C., have all reduced funding for law enforcement, and the consequences are painfully evident. Shootings, homicides, and other violent crimes are on the rise. Regrettably, crime has also risen in Colorado, with our state leading the nation in car thefts, cocaine use, and bank robberies.
We need to provide proper funding for our police. I'm working to make sure they have the resources they need to protect our communities and return home safely. I won't let career politicians in D.C. leave behind rural Colorado law enforcement officers. My MORE PILT Act ensures that rural law enforcement, search and rescue, and firefighting operations are supported by the federal lands they help protect. In legislation signed into law, I successfully secured $515 million for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to provide critical resources for rural law enforcement.
In May, the House passed an amendment of mine that will promote accountability and transparency for removing criminal aliens. Specifically, Congresswoman Boebert’s amendment requires the Department of Homeland Security to annually report to Congress and publish on its website how many illegal aliens are deported for assaulting law enforcement officers. This amendment had bipartisan support and passed by a vote of 303-126.
Last year, over 100,000 Americans, including over 900 Coloradans died from fentanyl. This drug, mostly imported from China and continuously smuggled through our southern border, is desolating families across the country, and it's now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45. Fentanyl harms drug users, and it also harms first responders and good Samaritans who attempt to rescue overdose victims. Earlier this year, a police officer in Colorado was taken to the hospital after being exposed to fentanyl while searching a drug user’s car. Law enforcement officers need more resources to respond to the fentanyl crisis.
I introduced legislation to designate fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. This designation will increase interagency cooperation and allocate additional federal resources. I’m also working with Montezuma County to receive a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program designation and receive federal funding to combat the growing fentanyl and drug problem.
I am a tireless defender of law enforcement. When federal bureaucracy threatened to impose excessive fees on law enforcement communications towers, I stood up for public safety agencies. When the Biden administration promised to give criminal aliens $450,000 while firing Border Patrol agents at the same time, I introduced legislation and successfully pressured the Biden administration to scrap its plan. When the Biden administration invited the UN to study systemic racism within American police departments, I stood in strong opposition.
In short, I back the blue, and I will never apologize for it. I reject policies that seek to deprive the American people of their safety and liberty. I reject the myth that police are racist. Now more than ever, they deserve and need our support. The people of rural Colorado want more and effective policing, not less.
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Issue Position
Coloradans are struggling right now as they deal with the disastrous effects of Biden and Pelosi's destructive economic policies. They unleashed record inflation on Americans that has decimated our bank and retirement accounts, increased gas prices to record levels, raised utility bills, drove up grocery costs, and made it harder to live for most Americans. The primary root cause of this record-breaking inflation was trillions of dollars of wasteful federal spending. Biden and Pelosi have spent an unsustainable $5.7 trillion already and our national debt now exceeds $33 trillion dollars.
Thanks to Biden and Pelosi's reckless spending, America will spend ten trillion dollars more over the next 10 years than we were estimated to spend. While the federal government continues to spend trillions of dollars it doesn’t have, inflation has hit a 40-year high and our nation is now mired in a recession. Instead of addressing these major economic concerns head-on, the Democrat “solution” to inflation is to keep spending.
This excessive spending has real consequences. American families will pay a $8,581 inflation tax over the next year. Currently, 20 million Americans can’t pay their electric bill. We have seen a 4.3% decline in real wages since Biden took office. Americans have lost more than $2 trillion in retirement savings. Gas is nearly $4 a gallon again and Americans are paying more for everything because of Biden and Pelosi's inflation.
I am working to reduce inflation by voting against reckless spending bills, cutting wasteful spending through the amendment process, supporting American energy production, opposing corrupt earmarks, voting against raising the debt ceiling, opposing tax increases, and introducing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. Economic strength and job growth result from policies that unshackle job creators, allow American ingenuity, and provide certainty. I am fighting to reduce job-killing regulations and keep small businesses open.
I support a full repeal of the "death tax" as there is no reason to tax our ranchers and farmers again when they pass the family farm on to the next generation. I support making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent to prevent an unnecessary tax hike on the American people and job creators in 2025.
The tax code should be simplified into one page, not a ream of confusing and contradictory messages. Unfortunately, the Democrats are working to make taxes even worse by hiring 87,000 new IRS agents to snoop on your bank accounts. I was proud to vote against this awful bill!
I am fighting for taxpayers. When, due to a clerical error caused by “teleworking," the IRS harassed law-abiding Coloradans who had paid their taxes on time, I stood up and demanded answers from the IRS. When Democrats tried to give the IRS even more power to micromanage our lives by giving them the power to review every transaction over $600, I cosponsored the Protecting Financial Privacy Act to stop this government overreach in its tracks.
I believe that government spending should put Americans first, so when Biden proposed giving illegal aliens $450,000 checks, I introduced the We’re Not Paying You to Break Our Laws Act. My bill and successful public pressure campaign led the Biden regime to halt this awful plan.
Government spending should go to critical priorities like national defense—not pipedream liberal ideas supported by lobbyists and career politician hacks. When Congress announced the return of earmarks, I opposed them as a tool of corruption. I am calling out politicians who use your tax dollars to earn political favors, and I am working towards restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress. In March of 2022, Pelosi passed a $1.5 trillion, 2,741-page, drunken-sailor, monstrosity of a spending bill in less than 22 hours that included 2,727 earmarks totaling $4.2 billion. No one even read the bill. I voted no.
I use every opportunity in the legislative process to try and reduce federal spending, and I led Congress in the number of amendments filed to cut wasteful provisions in massive spending bills, including cutting funding for critical race theory, taxpayer-funded abortions, the Green Climate Fund, and gain-of-function research in China.
Too many programs get tax dollars by going around the law and not going through the established appropriations’ authorization process. The status quo needs to change, and Congress needs to get back to regular order. Under regular order, Congress passes a budget resolution that caps spending levels and then reviews each federal program’s effectiveness annually through 12 different appropriations bills that are passed through both Houses. Instead of following this prudent fiscal process and allowing amendments, Congress has passed massive end-of-year omnibuses that are 2,700 pages that no one reads. Shockingly, regular order has not been followed since 1994. I took action to put America back on track by introducing a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution.
I fight for taxpayers every day, and I won’t stop. We need to balance the budget, significantly reduce our national debt, and restore fiscal responsibility to protect the American dream for future generations.
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Issue Position
My support for the members of our military does not end when their service is complete. Colorado is home to one of the largest veteran populations in the Nation—many of whom reside in rural areas, and I will always take steps to ensure our Nation's veterans and their families receive the benefits they earned. I have a strong record supporting our veterans and have taken numerous actions on their behalf.
Unfortunately, there have been numerous lies and attacks on my record. Here are the facts about my support for America's heroes.
One of these so called “anti-veteran” bills I voted against gave EPA bureaucrats a 20% increase, IRS bureaucrats a $1 billion increase, and literally spent $6.09 billion on 2,680 corrupt earmarks including a $250 million Nancy Pelosi earmark for luxury hotels and golf courses in San Francisco. All the bills I voted against were part of Nancy Pelosi’s con game where she slaps a good name on a bill but in reality, the bills don’t do what they claim to do or they were significantly flawed. 11 of these so called “anti-veteran” bills have received zero movement in the U.S. Senate and a majority of the bills were partisan bills that had significant Republican opposition in the House. Don't be fooled by the lies.
I voted for the largest military pay raise in 20 years. The FY24 NDAA contains enormous wins for national security and military families. This bill takes an important step toward returning the Department of Defense to its fundamental mission, strengthening military readiness, improving the lethality of our armed forces, and providing crucial support to our men and women in uniform.
I voted to increase veterans’ benefits by over $1.5 billion more than the discretionary funding Democrats had appropriated last year. I also voted for funding that will increase the quality of life for service members and their families across the country by allocating over $17 billion for military housing and over $293 million for constructing new child development centers.
I passed six amendments through the House with bipartisan support to increase funding for veterans’ care by $13,000,000.00 by redirecting funds from the bureaucracy to funding for veterans. From increasing funds for prosthetic research to reducing the backlog at the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, and from increasing suicide prevention resources for a program that has provided significant funding to the Third District to constructing new extended care facilities, my amendments will directly improve the quality of life for veterans across Colorado’s Third District.
I cosponsored H.J. Res 44, which protects millions of veterans and gun owners by nullifying the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF’s) unconstitutional pistol brace ban rule. This unconstitutional rule is a blatant attack on the Second Amendment. If this ATF rule is left in place, within 120 days, an estimated 40 million firearms will need to be registered, destroyed, turned in, or rebuilt or their lawful owner will face up to 10 years in federal prison, become a felon, and receive a fine of $250,000 fine for having a stabilizing brace on their lawfully purchased firearm.
The United States is the greatest military force the world has ever seen. Our soldiers risk their lives daily to ensure we can enjoy our freedoms today; that’s why I voted for a historic military pay raise in the Department of Defense Appropriations package that passed the House. Also included in this bill were four of my amendments aimed at redirecting $3 million from other wasteful spending in the bill to fund research for combat-related traumatic injuries and redirecting $5 million from additional wasteful spending in the bill to fund Navy and Marine procurement of MK107 cartridges.
I worked day and night to ensure that U.S. Space Command remained in Colorado. 1,600 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars were at risk of leaving Colorado if Space Command moved. Colorado’s aerospace economy is second only to California and accounts for nearly 232,000 jobs. U.S. Space Command was created in 1985 and was located at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs from 1985-2002 until it was deactivated. Space Command was reestablished in 2019 and has been located in Colorado Springs since reactivation.
I helped lead a successful pressure campaign to restart Honor Flight Services for our veterans visiting their memorials in Washington D.C. I voted for four pro-veteran bills that became law including: the Veteran’s Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021, the VA Transparency and Trust Act of 2021, the John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2021.
Caring for our veterans should be a priority in our annual funding bills, so I introduced numerous appropriations amendments to bolster suicide prevention and mental health services for veterans, to provide more resources for the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to reduce its backlog, and to provide more resources to reduce the general veterans’ disability claims backlog.
I cosponsored the Defending Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Act to prohibit the VA from transferring veterans’ information to NICS solely because they have received a disability rating for a mental illness. Additionally, I cosponsored the TREAT PTSD Act and the WINGMAN Act to make sure that the VA is giving our veterans the best care possible. I also led a successful oversight effort to get National Personnel Records Center bureaucrats back in the office so our veterans can receive the records they need to get their benefits in a timely manner.
Our veterans deserve the best care from the VA, and they also should have access to Veterans' Choice and other programs that allow them to receive the private treatment they need. I cosponsored the Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act to cut bureaucracy between veterans and their doctors. The VA should offer accountable, transparent, accessible, and quality care while working to reduce bureaucracy and waste.
Unfortunately, most Democrats in Congress don’t share my commitment to a strong military. Instead of focusing on policies that make us strong, they are pushing to make our military more woke. For instance, in the first version of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Democrats included provisions to draft our daughters, implement red flag laws, create a mandatory $15 minimum wage for DoD contractors, and implement landgrabs in Colorado’s Third District. I voted against this version of the NDAA and called House Democrats out for this nonsense.
Due to my public pressure, the NDAA was amended, and these woke provisions and landgrabs were removed. We also added improvements such as giving our troops a 2.7% pay raise, requiring that service members who chose not to take the COVID-19 vaccine are not dishonorably discharged and have an opportunity to apply for a medical or religious exemption, and prohibiting funds from going to the Taliban. When the amended version of the NDAA came to the House floor for a vote, I was proud to vote for ensuring that the American military remains the most capable and lethal fighting force in the world. My work on this issue proves that when conservatives hold the line, we can deliver amazing results for our men and women in uniform without compromising and allowing woke politics to infiltrate the military.
If you are a veteran in need of assistance, or if you know of a veteran in need of assistance, please contact my office, and we will get to work on your behalf. My have has returned over $506,000 directly to veterans in Colorado’s Third Congressional District.
My office has also hosted over 233 mobile office hours in every county in the District, helped over 2,575 people - many of whom were veterans having issues with the VA - and returned over $5,400,361.03 to constituents.
Our men and women in uniform and our nation's veterans put everything on the line to defend this great country and our freedoms. They deserve the best care that America has to offer. I support providing our armed forces with the resources they need to accomplish their missions and defend the Constitution.
Under the previous administration, we rebuilt our military, crushed terrorist organizations, and stood up to our adversaries by ensuring American dominance in the sea, air, land, and even space by establishing the U.S. Space Force. I am fighting to keep the military strong and to counter rising threats from terrorists, China, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, and North Korea. Additionally, I support the next generation of rising military leaders. If you know of or if you are a high school student looking to serve our country at one of the military service academies, please apply for an academy nomination from my office.
Here are several examples of successful casework my team and I have worked for veterans and their families:
A veteran’s family contacted me regarding the VA’s very slow reaction to their doctor’s request for the veteran’s immediate open-heart surgery. We got the veteran into surgery in three days. The doctor and family indicated the veteran could have died had they waited longer for surgery.
Due to red-tape and staffing issues at the VA—including no one answering the phones—a Silver Star veteran had gone 14 months waiting for an authorization for care. Within days of opening the case, the veteran’s condition turned to an emergency. We were able to escalate the case through the VA-VISN, and stayed in contact with the veteran over the weekend so he could get immediate help.
A provider for bi-monthly veterans’ PTSD group counseling had been a repeat no-show for a year and attendance dwindled as fellow veterans struggled to counsel one-another. We drew attention to the problem which is now corrected.
A veteran walked into my office in extreme distress with tens of thousands in unpaid medical bills for life-saving emergency medical care which the VA was supposed to cover. He was being harassed by bill collectors and reported the VA denied coverage because he didn’t seek care at his local hospital. The rural hospital didn’t have the needed expertise and doctors from both Albuquerque and Denver were involved in the case which created confusion on paper. We contacted the VA to put the pieces together for justification of coverage, and the veteran’s bills were paid.
My office fought Navy bureaucracy to help reinstate a medically discharged veteran who subsequently recovered from his medical issues and was eligible to reenlist.
I was contacted by a veteran who had been previously denied a claim for an increase in benefits and filed multiple appeals as his chronic condition had quickly been deteriorating his quality of life. At this time the veteran was very close to losing his home as he could not work or perform daily tasks. We were able to get the veteran in contact with the Loan Guarantee Department at the VA to assist with the veteran’s mortgage while we waited for a new medical appointment to document the deterioration of the veteran’s medical condition and the determination from those findings. Within a few months, we were able to help facilitate the increase of monthly benefits well over the expected amount as well as more than doubling the amount of back pay the veteran was expected to receive.
I was contacted by a veteran who was not receiving his retirement or benefits almost a year after retiring from the Navy. We inquired with the Department of the Navy and were able to get his retirement services approved and enrolled in benefits while ensuring the veteran received back pay for the year that he did not receive his retirement pay.
I was contacted by the daughter of a Korean War Veteran that had recently passed away and due to the lack of paperwork, the family was unable to hold a funeral service with military honors and reached out to our office to get his service records to place a plaque on his headstone so he could receive the honor he deserved. Due to the closures of the National Personnel Records Center due to COVID-19, this request was backlogged as no paper records were being retrieved. After almost a full year, we were able to obtain the veteran’s service records for the family to ensure this Korean War Veteran will be honored.
A widow contacted me and was very concerned that she would not receive any funds to assist her with living expenses. She had applied to the VA for benefits but had not heard anything for three months. Within a month after contacting my office she had received the paperwork and funds.
A widow contacted me as she was to receive lump sum spousal benefits and had waited fourth months and not heard anything from the VA. Within a month of contacting me, she received the lump sum payment.
Source: boebert.house.gov
Issue Position
My top three issues are water, water, and water!
For years, Colorado and the West have suffered from drought. I support water storage projects like the Wolf Creek Reservoir expansion and the Colorado River Storage Project that will supply clean water in dry times.
I am a strong advocate for protecting local communities’ water rights and keeping our water in the Third District. I helped lead the charge to defeat the misguided proposal put forth by the Denver suburbs to steal seven billion gallons of water per year in perpetuity from the San Luis Valley.
Two of my amendments to the fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water Appropriations bill that redirect $5 million towards funding the Colorado River Storage Project to help address the severe water shortage in the West and also to increase water storage through improvements through the Colorado River Dam Fund recently passed the House.
I introduced the Western Water Accelerated Revenue Repayment Act to permanently authorize a provision that allows agriculture and municipal water users to prepay what they owe to the federal government. This key piece of legislation has passed the House Natural Resources Committee and will advance to the House floor.
I introduced the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act to provide certainty for 1,200 water and power users in Colorado and help recover four threatened and endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the San Juan River Basin. In addition to protecting the endangered and threatened fish, the bill will protect 2,500 federal, state, local, and tribal water projects—including 1,200 in Colorado— that use more than 3.7+ million acre-feet of water per year. My bill has passed committee and will advance to the House floor.
I secured hundreds of millions for Bureau of Reclamation projects and rural water projects, including the Arkansas Valley Conduit that will provide an abundant supply of clean water for 50,000 people in Southeastern Colorado.
I authored a letter of strong support for 566 water projects that would provide new or improved ditches, pipelines, conveyance, and storage for Conejos, Alamosa, Rio Grande, and Mineral counties.
I am aggressively working to remove invasive salt cedar and Russian olive trees that are guzzling water and recently worked with Montezuma County to secure an important appropriations victory that passed the House and will allow for a pilot program to combat salt cedars. Salt cedars consume about 200 gallons of water per day per plant.
According to the Colorado State Forest Service more than 24.4 million acres of Colorado forestland impact Colorado’s water supply, where 80% of the state’s population relies on those forested watersheds for municipal water supplies. Healthy forests act as a natural water filter and storage system and are critical to maintaining healthy watersheds. In the United States, forests are a source of drinking water for over 180 million people. I introduced H.R. 4302, comprehensive forestry legislation that will improve forest health and improve water quality. We can reduce the size and severity of wildfires through active forest management, which will also help protect our watersheds and municipal water supplies.
In a legislative provision signed into law, I secured $10 million for the Indian Irrigation Fund to address the deferred maintenance backlog and increase water storage projects like the Southern Utes’ Pine River Indian Irrigation Project.
I introduced the Western Water Security Act to protect private property rights, prevent federal water grabs, and help ensure an abundant supply of clean water for future generations.
I introduced the House Companion to the Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act. This locally driven, bipartisan bill protects the Dolores River, prevents a federal water grab, allows current uses and upholds private water rights.
I am working to help water district managers make data-driven decisions assisted by improved information gathered by the San Luis Valley weather radar. After a year of bureaucratic delays, the National Weather Service had not gotten the fully functional weather radar integrated into its system. I reached out, and I was able to get them to expedite the process. Now, this improved data will help water districts and farmers manage drought, assist first responders in reacting to emergencies, and give rural communities more resources and information.
I cosponsored legislation and led an effort to prevent the return of Obama’s 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, a land and water grab that sought to assert the Clean Water Act and federal jurisdiction over areas with the slightest connection to water.
Our property and water rights are also under attack by the Biden administration’s 30 x 30 program, which aims to lock up hundreds of millions of acres and 30% of lands and waters in the U.S., including private lands, over the next eight years through a massive federal land and water grab. I introduced the 30 x 30 Termination Act to protect water rights, ranching, grazing, and multiple-use and block this radical initiative.
I will always fight to protect our water.
Source: boebert.house.gov
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