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Vote: | All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream. |
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Vote: | By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Department of Energy with a budget to create more energy efficiency options, agriculture can be the backbone of our energy supply as well. |
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Vote: | Every single veteran or VA official I meet with tells me their number one concern is lack of funding for veteran's health care. Finding affordable health care is so difficult, it's no surprise that more and more veterans are turning to the VA. With mandatory funding, the health and well being of our veterans and troops wouldn't depend on partisan budget fights. |
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Vote: | How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority. |
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Vote: | I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. |
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Vote: | I would like to work with you to bring Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and the necessary regulatory parties together to find a possible solution without the use of the court systems. I am optimistic that by working together we can find a solution to a decades-long problem. |
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Vote: | It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought. |
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Vote: | It's made a lot of veterans angry when I talked to them at the VA hospital. We're not keeping our promises to veterans and they know it. |
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Vote: | Renewable energy offers a strong substitute to our dependence on fossil fuels. Promoting production and use of renewable fuels will benefit rural economies, keep the environment clean, and improve our national security. Congress must enact a comprehensive energy policy that maximizes production and use of domestic renewable fuels. |
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John Salazar (born July 21, 1953) is a Democrat from Colorado, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing the state's third Congressional district (map). He was born in Alamosa, Colorado, but calls Manassa, Colorado his home. He is married to Mary Lou Salazar and has three children. His brother, Ken Salazar, was also elected in 2004 to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate.
Prior to being elected to the United States Congress, Salazar served in the U.S. Army from 1973-1976, and was a farmer, rancher and owner of a seed potato business. He also served on the Colorado Agricultural Commission from 1999-2002 and in the Colorado House from 2003 until 2004.
Salazar, who grew up on his parents' farm and ranch, is concerned with conservation, particularly when it comes to water rights. He has said his top priority on Capitol Hill will be ensuring that water derived from the snow melt of Colorado's Western Slope will stay in his district instead of being sent to California or Nevada. Though a Democrat, he has conservative leanings -- he opposes expanding gun control and supports permanent repeal of the inheritance tax. He also supports allowing Americans to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
As a veteran and father of a child serving in the Colorado National Guard as of 2004, Salazar has also been vocal against cuts to veterans' health care benefits.
External links *House of Representatives web site
*Campaign web site
...(more on Wikipedia)
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "John Salazar".
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