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Joint State Veterans & Military Affairs Committee

Monday, January 26, 2026·2h 40m·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado's Joint State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee absorbed a sobering Rule 25 budget briefing built almost entirely around cuts, then heard SMART Act presentations from the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and a combustible Department of State session in which Secretary of State Jena Griswold departed early and a stream of public witnesses demanded her resignation over unproven election-fraud claims.

Key Actions

·JBC Rule 25 Budget OverviewAction

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Notable Quotes

we are now facing another 850 million dollar gap considering the 27 budget. So what you see in this budget book is maybe a little different than maybe what you are used to in many years past. And that largely what you are reviewing are cuts.

Emily Sirota (JBC member)Sets the frame for the entire hearing: a budget defined by cuts amid a structural deficit.

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TranscriptPreview
We will hear the joint Rule 25 presentation from the Joint Budget Committee representatives. Appreciate you all taking the time. We'll also hear the Smart Government act presentations from the Department of Military and Veterans affairs and the Department of State in accordance with section 27203, Colorado Revised Statutes and public testimony of on the Department of Military affairs and the Department of State. All of the materials for today's presentations can be found in your box folder for members and on the committee's website for members of the public. Just a couple of quick flags. So we have 30 minutes with each of the departments, 15 minutes for presentations and 15 minutes for questions. Because of this tight timeline, please focus on your most urgent questions and on the question itself rather than a soliloquy around it. I'll be helping to keep us on track and accountable for sharing that time with one another. And you can always follow up with either of these departments offline whenever you need. So with that, we will now hear from the members of the Joint Budget Committee. Representative Sirota, thank you. Chair Wallace, Lovely to be here with you all. This morning
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