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September 10, 2010
I would rather be back in Colorado today meeting with constituents and hearing from them on ways to grow our economy and reduce our national debt. Instead, Speaker Pelosi called Congress back to Washington to vote for another misguided bailout bill.

Rejects latest union-driven bailout bill

Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) issued the following statement after the passage of H.R. 1586, a state bailout bill.

"I would rather be back in Colorado today meeting with constituents and hearing from them on ways to grow our economy and reduce our national debt. Instead, Speaker Pelosi called Congress back to Washington to vote for another misguided bailout bill.

"Democrats suggest this bill will temporarily "save" unionized, state government jobs.  But what they won’t tell you is that the $9.6 billion in permanent tax hikes they would impose to "pay for" that extension of stimulus would destroy over 141,000 private sector jobs.  That would be on top of the 2.5 million private sector jobs already eliminated in the wake of their 2009 stimulus plan.  

"We cannot continue to take money from small businesses and families in order to save government jobs. To turn this economy around, Washington must cut taxes and promote policies to grow jobs in the private sector."– Doug Lamborn (CO-05)

Note:The estimate that this latest Democrat "stimulus" bill will cause the loss of 141,000 jobs was derived by using the economic model developed by Dr. Christina Romer, the former Chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors.

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September 10, 2010
For the third year in a row, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has honored Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) with their Taxpayer Hero award for his efforts to rein in government spending.

September 10, 2010
Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) voted against the CLEAR Act, H.R. 3534. The bill was originally intended to address the Gulf oil spill tragedy. Instead, it was stuffed full of unrelated items. For example, the bill imposes a new $22 billion energy tax and has over $30 billion in new unrelated and onerous items, mandatory spending.

September 10, 2010
Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) offered an amendment to the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) repealing a potentially new $22 billion tax on energy during a meeting of the House Committee on Rules. Lamborn's amendment would strike Section 802 of H.R. 3534 - a section which would create a $2 per barrel tax as well as a tax on natural gas production on all new and existing wells in the United States, both offshore and onshore.

September 10, 2010
Congressmen Jared Polis (CO-2) and Doug Lamborn (CO-5) have introduced H.Res. 1573 to amend the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit bills with more than one subject. The so-called "Single-Subject" rule is already a rule of both Chambers of the Colorado General Assembly.

September 10, 2010
Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) held a telephone conference call with constituents concerned about the potential for taxpayer-funded abortions in the high-risk pool being created under the new ObamaCare.

September 10, 2010
A new report from an independent panel of defense experts charged by Congress with reviewing the Department of Defense's Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) warns of a "potential train wreck coming in the areas of personnel, acquisition and force structure."

September 10, 2010
Rejects Attempt to Exploit Spill for Political AgendaCongressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) today voted against the CLEAR Act, H.R. 3534, in the House Natural Resources Committee. Instead of focusing on solving the immediate problem of the Deepwater Horizon Spill, the subject of many recent hearings, Democrats admitted to exploiting the bill to further their own political agenda.

July 12, 2010
The courts have ruled twice now that there is no good reason to keep this ban in place.

July 12, 2010
A special thank you to all the great patriots who call Colorado's 5th Congressional District home.