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Thanks in part to Congressman Scott Tipton, R-CO, the president has signed a bill into law that would enhance the DNA collection process among those arrested nationwide.
Last week Congressman Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, of the 3rd Congressional District of Colorado, lauded the U.S. Senate’s recent passage of the Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2012.
As Senate Democrats and House Republicans battled over tax legislation and keeping the U.S. economy from going over a "fiscal cliff" last week, Obama issued an executive order giving lawmakers and senior U.S. officials a small pay raise for 2013 — the last thing many lawmakers wanted when arguing over how to cut federal spending. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., joined a list of bipartisan sponsors this week on legislation that would block that pay raise for Congress over the next two years.
Tipton says his priorities for the 2013 session include job creation, domestic energy exploration and development, eliminating "regulatory requirements and paperwork that inhibit small business", and reintroducing a forestry bill that gives states more flexibility...
As the House and Senate wrangled over the fiscal cliff, Democrats and Republicans found agreement on the four endangered fish of the Colorado River. The Senate on Monday unanimously approved a measure reauthorizing the recovery program for four species of endangered fish in the Colorado River basin. Once it’s signed by President Barack Obama, the measure will remove a “significant uncertainty” for water users in the basin, said Chris Treese, spokesman for the Colorado River Water Conservation District.
Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, voted with Colorado’s three other Republicans to oppose the last-minute budget deal New Year’s night in Congress. Meanwhile, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet was one of just three Democrats to vote against the deal in the Senate.
Federal support for the implementation of Katie’s Law is one step closer to reality, after a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton cleared the House on Tuesday.
More than a dozen Colorado high school students are heading to U.S. service academies thanks to a nomination from Representative Scott Tipton. He says it’s an honor just to nominate these talented and deserving students. The 19 students nominated each met and exceeded the requirements for their chosen academy and Tipton’s office.
COLORADO'S FOUR Republican congressmen are calling on Capitol Hill leaders to stop the estate tax hike scheduled to go into effect in January. U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner of the 4th Congressional District, Scott Tipton of the 3rd District, Doug Lamborn of the 5th District and Mike Coffman of the 6th District want congressional leaders to consider in budget negotiations the negative impacts a death tax hike would have on small businesses, farms and ranches.
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., asked federal agricultural officials Monday to ease restrictive insurance guidelines on farmers in the San Luis Valley given the lingering drought.