John Hickenlooper: “This is important in Colorado because we're the proud home…”

“I mean, as statistics showed, it was a reality. Burn pits. It would have been anyway. This is the first time we interrupted that and allowed them to get their benefits directly. And This is important in Colorado because we're the proud home of over 400,000 veterans. We're, on a per capita basis, some of the. I think we are the highest density of veterans in the country. These are men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our country.” (44:34–44:40)

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