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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Our number one priority should be to guarantee that all American worker get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,
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Our No. 1 priority should be to guarantee that all American workers get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,
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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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I'm so impressed by the way the people of Southern Colorado are responding to Hurricane Katrina. This is the largest natural disaster I've seen, but we're all standing shoulder to shoulder to help.
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We have a moral obligation to stand up and protect Social Security for the next 70 years and beyond -- that means stopping privatization and dropping partisan demands for private accounts,
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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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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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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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We do believe that higher wages are better for everyone,
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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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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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He was scared. I had never seen a terrified face like that.