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Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A light Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs docket cleared two gubernatorial nominees without a single question and advanced HB26-1252, a rewrite of Colorado's emergency-management structure, 5-0 to the full Senate after pointed questions about how a reorganization touting stronger data security could carry a zero-dollar price tag.
Key Actions
·Updates to State Emergency Response Departments & DivisionsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“The phrase good enough for government work is like nails on a classroom chalkboard to me. I think that is such a low standard for what I know public servants are capable of accomplishing.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)William Lindstedt, Byron Pelton, Lynda Zamora Wilson, Tom Sullivan, Katie Wallace
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We will begin with a confirmation for the Colorado Board of Veterans affairs and with opening remarks from Bruce Cowan. Welcome, sir. If you could state your name and your position and then go ahead and get started. Thank you, Madam Chair. Bruce Callen, director of the Division of Veterans affairs for Colorado. Great. And would you like. Is there anything you would like to say about Madam Chair? Yeah. And members of the committee, thank you for your time. The Colorado Board of Veterans affairs is a type 2 board that studies issues faced by Colorado veterans and proposes changes to programs or statutes that determine to be beneficial to our veteran community. The board also administers a Veteran Trust Fund grant and the Colorado's Restoration of Honor program and reviews and approves training protocols and curricula for the new county veterans service officers across the state. The liaise with the Board of Commissioners of the Veterans Community Living Centers and Veterans Monument Preservation Trust Fund, as well as veterans services organizations throughout Colorado. Mr. Sheldon Smith is a Colorado native residing in Montrose, Colorado. He has served a total of 28 years in the United States army and…
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