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John Hickenlooper: “I also was one of the key people that when some of the…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Denver7's Colette Bordelon interviews Sen. John Hickenlooper, vying to keep his U.S. Senate seat

Published | Video Starts at 07:33

But these are, you know, investments that are, you know, a big part of, of, you know, getting smaller towns if they need to do a sewage system or do their wastewater in a better way. I also was one of the key people that when some of the Republicans were trying to sell off literally millions of acres of our public lands, I kind of led the fight and got everyone here to rise up and say, some things aren't for sale. Don't you even think about selling our national forests. And I want to ask, there has been some criticism around both members of the Senate and members of Congress when it comes to people needing to bring in fresh ideas. (07:33–07:50)

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Claims leadership in opposing the sale of millions of acres of public lands.

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