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Jeff Hurd: “When it comes to water decisions, I will never pretend to…”

Featuring: Jeff Hurd, Republican | U.S. House Colorado, District 3

CD 3 Club 20 debate

Published September 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 19:54

It's wonderful to meet the so called water dogs of Colorado. And the message I told them was they are the experts when it comes to water. And When it comes to water decisions, I will never pretend to know everything. I think that sort of humility is good, but I will rely on the folks that live and work in no water to help make water decisions. (19:54–19:59)

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“There are two Colorados. One is on the front range. It imports jobs, money and opportunity. The other is in rural Colorado. There, our…”
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“I'm running to create opportunities so that families in rural Colorado can stay and thrive.”
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“I've been chairman of the Grand Junction Area Chamber, taught here at CMU, and helped low income rural Coloradans get free legal help.”
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“My opponent takes corporate money, tens of thousands of dollars, from PACs that are themselves funded by big corporations.”
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“They are about ready to lose their jobs because of bad democratic energy policies.”
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“Those are good jobs that they're also losing that help support strong families and strong communities.”
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“In Congress, I am going to fight for those energy families.”
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“If you care about the environment, if you care about our economy and national security, then you ought to support Colorado energy, coal…”
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“We need to pick the best resources that will provide reliable resource adequacy for our growing electric demand. And nuclear is key to that.”
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“In 2016, the Aspen City Council voted to levy a fee on fossil fuels.”
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“For years, he was also vice chair of an Aspen environmental nonprofit pushing for carbon free net zero energy, focused on environmental…”
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“He had a chance when he was on Aspen City council to stand up for Colorado energy families. But didn't I?”
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“Water is their lifeblood. We have to keep our water here in the third congressional district. Period.”
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“I will oppose any efforts to export our water to the Front Range or to out of state.”
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“I've been clear on that on the record for many months.”
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“I'm proud to have the support of local ranchers like Janie and Howard Van Winkle and farmers and ranchers like Bob and Gail Motivi and…”
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“I'm also happy to have the support of the only two state legislators who themselves own a water right, Representative Mark Catlin and…”
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“They know that in Congress I'm going to fight against any water export project.”
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“When it comes to the Colorado river compact, we need to make sure that we uphold that. It is a critical document.”
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“We also need to lean on California, Arizona, and Nevada to live within their water budgets. They are currently using more than their…”
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“We also need to develop more high altitude storage, distributed storage here in the state.”
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“We need to get rid of the invasive species that are sucking up so much of our water.”
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“The Biden and Harris administration take a different view. They have a bureau of reclamation that is out of control.”
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“We need to rein that in, and I will do that when I'm in Congress.”
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“I too, spoke at the Colorado Water Conservation board meeting and enjoyed it.”
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“The message I told them was they are the experts when it comes to water.”
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“I will rely on the folks that live and work in no water to help make water decisions.”
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“We are outnumbered by California, Arizona, Nevada. It doesn't take a math expert or a math major to figure out that they have way more…”
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“70% of the third congressional district are actually public lands.”
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“Right now, the BLM has too much control and they're making bad decisions for communities not just in western Colorado, but in southern…”
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“The FlipMa act, the federal Land Management Policy act of 1976, is also a critical document that talks about multiple use.”
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“Rural counties like Hinsdale are severely undercompensated for the services that they provide on federal lands.”
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“Inflation is a killer. That is absolutely true.”
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“The interest on our national debt is now eclipsed our federal spending on our defense budget.”
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“We need to get rid of bad government regulation, reasonable regulation. I'm in favor of that. But bad government regulation that…”
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“He's also taken a check from the American Association for Justice PAC.”
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“American Airlines, Toyota, the Motion Picture Association of America have all contributed [to his opponent].”
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“Adam gets corporate money from other PACs.”
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“We need to get rid of the government regulation and red tape that is killing small businesses.”
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“I'm actually proud to have the support of the NFIB, which represents small businesses throughout our country.”
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“Democrats like President Biden, Vice President Harris, who've never run a business, by the way, don't appreciate how bad laws hurt small…”
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“We don't want in western Colorado government handouts. People just want to work.”
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“It is critical that we have bipartisan support if we're going to move rural Colorado forward.”
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“I cannot be an effective legislator unless I can work with [our congressional delegation, state leadership, governor, and state legislature…”
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“There are some improvements that we may need to make to Medicare to make sure that our rural citizens, our senior citizens, are getting the…”
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“There are legal ethics rules that restrict my ability to [release a list of my legal clients].”
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“I follow the ethics rules.”
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“He was reelected with nearly 63% of the statewide vote, which is the second largest.”
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“I've been campaigning for well over a year now. I've lost in so many events, I've lost track.”
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“Campaigning is not a box checking exercise. You can have all the money in the world, and you do. And you can travel all across the district…”
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“Democrat Adam Frisch is running tv ads in third congressional district GOP primary to boost his chances in November.”
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“The ads attack Grand Junction attorney Jeff heard in a clear call to GOP primary voters in the district to back someone else in the six way…”
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“Cleve Simpson from the San Luis Valley, who's endorsed me and supports me and knows where I stand on water.”
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“Mark Catlinde, Republican, who is one of the, is the only state water holder in the House of Representatives in the state of Colorado.”
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“I'm the only candidate here whose team was not meddling in the other team's primary.”
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“He's working hard to turn this part of rural Colorado blue.”
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“My opponent has raised millions of dollars more than I have.”
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“He's already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to defeat me in my own party's primary.”
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“I beat him in that race, and with your vote, I will beat him again.”
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