Washington, D.C. – In response to questioning by Representative Doug Lamborn (CO-05), U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified before the Natural Resources Committee last week that marijuana growing operations on federal land is a big problem in Colorado. Sec. Zinke made clear that the chemicals have wreaked havoc on watersheds, and as a result he is engaging a number of law enforcement agencies within the Department to eradicate illegal growing on federal land. “Legalizing...
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Representative Doug Lamborn (CO-05) released the following statement regarding today's committee hearing: "America’s ‘shale revolution’ has transitioned the U.S. from a position of energy scarcity to one of energy abundance and security, with growing impacts in global energy markets. Less than two decades ago, the U.S. faced a growing dependence on imported natural gas supplies to meet domestic demand. Advancements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing spurred the development of previo...
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By Jenna Lifhits A bill that would pressure the Palestinian Authority to stop financially rewarding acts of terror against Israelis and Americans easily passed the House of Representatives Tuesday. The Taylor Force Act would restrict U.S. aid until the Palestinians end their multimillion dollar program to monetarily reward terrorism. The PA set aside about $344 million in 2017 for payments to the families of so-called “martyrs” and terrorists who are or were imprisoned in Israeli jails, while ta...
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Tom Roeder, the Gazette,11/18/17 Things are so bad at the Colorado Springs VA clinic that Colorado Springs U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn says it will take drastic action, including privatized veteran health care, to fix it. Spurred by a new report on scheduling irregularities at the Colorado Springs clinic, Lamborn, a Republican, plans to introduce a bill this month that would give veterans access to private doctors with few restrictions. While it wouldn't eliminate VA health care programs, it would gi...
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In March, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with President Donald Trump’s special peace envoy and proclaimed that “a historic peace deal is possible.” Now the Trump administration is reportedly planning to unveil a blueprint that it hopes will provide the framework for a long-elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. It is being crafted by the administration’s special peace envoy, Jason Greenblatt, and the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. Media reports say it mi...
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If World War 3 were to break out tomorrow, many experts believe the first attacks would not happen on earth, but in space, and the targets would be satellites. Everything from television programming to cell phone service to air travel to drone strikes and other military operations overseas rely on satellites for navigation and communication, and that makes them potential targets for America's enemies. Controlling and defending space is one of the nation's growing priorities, and many believe it'...
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The Taylor Force Act, legislation targeting the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) payments to convicted terrorists and their families, is expected to receive broad bipartisan support in a vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Nov. 15. Should the committee approve the bill, it will advance to the House floor for a full congressional vote. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) introduced the Taylor Force Act in September 2016. The legislation would make U.S. aid to the P...
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Nearly two decades after a local coalition began its push for a national cemetery, more than 80,000 Pikes Peak region veterans will soon have a final place to call home. Ground will be broken soon on the Pikes Peak National Cemetery near the Colorado Springs Airport after an effort that brought together unlikely allies and a few circumstances that backers of the cemetery attribute to having God on their side. The 374-acre site is on former ranchland that borders Jimmy Camp Creek. The rolling hil...
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WASHINGTON — President Trump and his advisers have begun developing their own concrete blueprint to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, a plan intended to go beyond previous frameworks offered by the American government in pursuit of what the president calls “the ultimate deal.” After 10 months of educating themselves on the complexities of the world’s most intractable dispute, White House officials said, Mr. Trump’s team of relative newcomers to Middle East peacema...
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A signature piece of US anti-terrorism legislation is scheduled to be “marked up” by the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Wednesday, after several months of debate. The Taylor Force Act — named after the former US army officer and war veteran murdered in a Palestinian stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in March 2016 — conditions American taxpayer aid to the Palestinian Authority on a verifiable end to its “martyr payments” policy, dubbed by critics as “pay-to-slay.” The 28-year-old Force, a Vanderb...
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