John Salazar
John Salazar
John Tony Salazaris the former Congressman for Colorado's 3rd congressional district, serving from 2005 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Following his service in Congress, he was appointed as Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Governor John Hickenlooper in 2011, and announced his retirement as Commissioner in November, 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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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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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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servants of the people and should be held to the same standards as those we represent. This is evidence that our system of checks and balances is working in the best interests of the people. No one is above the law.
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A partisan panel of government officials to look into the government's mistakes? That's like the fox guarding the henhouse,
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We're very concerned about the impact this will have, particularly on small businesses. This will give anyone the right to access the nonwork areas of a business to talk to employees about any law, not just labor laws. It could be very disruptive and invasive to small businesses.
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Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice. The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.
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Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice, ... The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.
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Accepting the blame and putting politics aside would have been the true sign of leadership, ... (President Bush) has taken responsibility - Congress needs to do the same.
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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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For 70 years, Social Security has never failed to pay a promised benefit to seniors or people with disabilities -- it has never been a day late or a dollar short, ... The plan he (Bush) is offering won't even come close to putting the program on solid financial footing.
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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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would lead to a 40 percent cut in current benefits for middle-class beneficiaries, add 5 trillion dollars to our national debt and make the system weaker in the future.
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It has never been a day late or a dollar short, ... But now, that guaranteed benefit is being threatened by a fabricated crisis and a false solution.
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We do believe that higher wages are better for everyone,