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June 24, 2014
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Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) questioned witnesses on the impact that the proposed U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Groundwater Directive and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waters of the U.S. rule will have on Western water users.
June 23, 2014
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Tipton blasted the Forest Service for saying one thing while doing another as the agency continues to wage an assault on private water rights through backdoor efforts to obtain rights granted by long-held state water law.
June 19, 2014
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Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) issued this statement on the situation in Iraq.
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June 19, 2014
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Tipton emphasized that while the EPA Clean Water Act Rule covers all surface water, a new proposed Forest Service Groundwater Directive will expand that agency’s regulatory overreach to include all groundwater.
June 17, 2014
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Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) stressed that state and local involvement is a necessity as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) revises 11 resource management plans (RMP) in Colorado and Utah.
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June 12, 2014
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Congressman Scott Tipton joined his House colleagues in pushing back against recent comments made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman that the Agency intends to “preempt state laws” on broadband.
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June 10, 2014
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Tipton is an original co-sponsor of the Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 (H.R. 4810), which passed the House with bipartisan support.
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June 10, 2014
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Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) stressed the need for legislation to require the Forest Service to collaborate with affected local communities on travel management plans before implementing the rules.
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June 9, 2014
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Congressman Tipton issued the following reaction to the findings of an internal audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that showed over 57,000 veterans are currently waiting more than 90 days to get a first appointment.
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June 6, 2014
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Congressman Scott Tipton toured the site of a new hydropower project on the Montrose and Delta Canal at Shavano Falls that will provide clean, renewable and affordable hydropower on the West Slope once completed.
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August 31, 2011
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I too, want to voice my support for Scott Tipton. He is representing all his constituents, not just those in his own party.
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August 31, 2011
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U.S. REP. Scott Tipton has persuaded the Air Force to dump its plan to perform low-altitude flights over Southeastern Colorado. The plan stirred anger among the many ranchers in the region, which the Air Force wanted to use for flights that could go as low as 200 feet with V-22 Ospreys and other special operations aircraft. Those craft are based at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.
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August 26, 2011
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A congressional subcommittee hearing on "roadblocks" to U.S. oil-shale development gave the energy industry, researchers, residents and the Government Accountability Office a chance to sound off Wednesday on what's needed from political leaders.
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August 26, 2011
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U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton says the federal government needs to adopt policies that would allow more construction of hydroelectric power projects.
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August 26, 2011
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At Wednesday hearing in Grand Junction, Congressmen Scott Tipton (R-CO) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) repeatedly criticized the Obama administration, claiming the administration is hindering the domestic development of oil shale.
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August 26, 2011
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Interruption of speeches at Colorado Water Congress conventions with applause is rare, but then U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton is a good public speaker and he obviously struck a strong chord when he railed about the rising U.S. debt Wednesday.
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August 26, 2011
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Today at an Action 22 meeting in Pueblo, three Republican Congressmen from Colorado talked about jobs, the economy and controlling government spending. Congressmen Doug Lamborn, Scott Tipton and Cory Gardner attended the meeting dubbed a "Washington Roundup."
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August 26, 2011
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Dan Whitney of Shell Exploration and Production Co. said there was no new information since a 2008 programmatic environmental impact statement that required a new statement.
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August 26, 2011
In The News
Three conservative House Republicans brought their budget philosophy to the Action 22 luncheon on Thursday, saying they want to control federal spending, that raising taxes would hurt the economy and that the Democratic Senate is blocking any real negotiations on the future of Medicare, Social Security and the federal budget.
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May 24, 2011
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Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., has convinced the chairman of a crucial House appropriations subcommittee to restore the annual funding ban that has blocked the Army from spending any money to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for the past four years.
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