It would feel to the people who built silverton. When you are traveling a lot through colorado, you never stop when youre in one of these jobs is. A favorite place for me is is the hotel thats right on the banks of the animas river, the double tree there in durango. If you get a room on the back, you open up the doors, and you can hear the river going by. There is nothing quite like it. Let me first say, as mr. Corra was saying, this community is open for business. Theres lots to do in the winter and the summer months. People shouldnt take the long lesson from what were trying to do here. You said this wok us up. In southwest colorado, thats the heart of the issue Going Forward. We need to clean up the water from preventing future blowouts. I wonder if you could use an opportunity to talk about how the Business Community in durango is thinking differently about this. What did you wake up to and what can Congress Help do to help tackle this problem. All right. Thank you for that. I thin
Regional economy. The program today, i will focus on one sector where we are likely to see the most impact more than any other and that is in regards to tourism. Decades ago, western colorado relied on the mining and Agricultural Industries for economic growth. Our state economy has diversified and fortunate to have you do for landscapes that stimulate tourism economy. Tourism relies on our states reputation for having unparalleled Outdoor Recreational opportunities and some of the finest facilities. The Outdoor Recreation industry booms in the winter from skiers all over the world by offering mountainous terrains to hike and explore as well as fishing, rafting, hiking and other act or and other outdoor activities. Many of the businesses offer amenities and are found throughout my district, including southwest colorado, the region directly impacted by the cold king mine still. A study published earlier courtesy of the Tourism Office provides a detailed look at the importance of tourism
Michelle obama. A signature feature of book tv, is our allday coverage of festivals from across the country. Near the end of september, we are in new york for the brooklyn book festival celebrates its 10th year. That, we arefter live from austin for the texas book festival. Near the end of the month, we will be covering two book festivals. On the east coast, the boston book festival. At the start of november we will be in Portland Oregon for wordstock. Followed by the National Book awards. Then we are live, for the 18th year in a row, from miami, florida. That is a look at the festivals this fall on book tv. Wednesday, an epa official, the colorado mayor and a chemist testified at a special hearing. They talked about the toxic river spill near the shuttered Gold King Mine site. Witnesses discussed the response to the bill, the responsibility and the longterm impact on farmers and businesses in the area. This is just over two hours. The committee on science, space and technology will co
Country. We need to lift the budget caps. We need to spend the money that we need to spend on National Security. I will also say that there are other pieces of National Security. The budget caps remain in place for the department of homeland security. They remain in place for the department of justice. They remain in place for the department of treasury. Three agencies that play a Critical Role in National Security for this country. In tracking the money of terrorists and protecting the homeland and making sure we can try and convict terrorists when we catch them. So it is not good for the country to maintain those budget caps. And that is what this bill does. It also relies on money that simply isnt going to be there by having this imaginary oco funding. The second way i think this bill was not good for the troop, not good for the country is something the chairman alluded to, and that is there are restrictions on what the pentagon can do by way of saving money. The chairman mentioned
Marty, these next few days should be nice. Were going to melt off a lot of snow we got friday morning. Then well get a little more coming up this friday morning. The storms are in the cascades and extreme northern rockies, up to a foot of snow there and two feet in the sierras, as expected in the el expected el nino year. Its very light as far as winds go. Were running between 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour. Thats going to be common throughout the day. In the mountains and foothills, 45 and 55 mileperhour winds will be common. Even if you dont get wind where you are, you will benefit from that effect and it will allow temperatures to move into up ther 40s to about 50 degrees so amelia, were looking for sunshine slowing. I can say that, in about an hour and a half from now. Clear and dry. With all the wind out to the west side, i wouldnt be surprised if thats why we morning. They launch out of the Rocky Mountain metro airport. Across u. S. 36 where were seeing all that wind. 93 is gusty. Same