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Press Releases
Nov 19, 2021
AURORA DELEGATION STATEMENT ON SHOOTING AT HINKLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Members of the Aurora delegation in the Colorado state legislature, including Senators Rhonda Fields and Janet Buckner as well as Representatives Mike Weissman, Dominique Jackson, Naquetta Ricks, Iman Jodeh, and Dafna Michaelson Jenet, today released the following joint statement on the shooting at Hinkley High School in Aurora:
Nov 1, 2021
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CAUCUS OF COLORADO CO-CHAIRS’ STATEMENT ON SCOTUS SB8 ORAL ARGUMENTS
Representatives Lisa Cutter and Monica Duran, the Co-Chairs of the Democratic Women’s Caucus of Colorado, today released the following statement on the US Supreme Court hearing on SB8, the Texas law that will ban abortions as soon as six weeks–before many women know they are pregnant:
Oct 19, 2021
MICHAELSON JENET STATEMENT ON “NATIONAL EMERGENCY” IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH
Representative Dafna Michaelson Jenet released the following statement in response to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) coming together to declare a national emergency in children’s mental health, citing the serious toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on top of existing challenges.
Oct 12, 2021
TITONE: COLORADO LEADING THE WAY ON LGBTQ+ HEALTH CARE
Representative Brianna Titone, one of the first transgender lawmakers elected in the country, today released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Colorado’s request to include comprehensive coverage for gender affirming health care in the state’s benchmark health insurance plans, making Colorado the first state in the country to do so.
Sep 27, 2021
HOUSE AND SENATE DEMS RELEASE POWERING THE COMEBACK RESOURCE GUIDE
House and Senate Democrats today released the Powering the Comeback Resource Guide to help Coloradans, businesses, nonprofits, local governments and education providers access the funding, services and programs created through the 2021 Colorado Comeback State Stimulus Plan, as well as initial investments made from the federal American Rescue Plan Act funding, which together invested roughly $1.3 billion to uplift struggling families, support small businesses, redevelop our workforce and revitalize our economy.
Sep 16, 2021
JOINT RELEASE: AURORA DELEGATION REACTS TO AG REPORT ON AURORA POLICE PRACTICES
Today, members of the Aurora delegation in the Colorado state legislature, including Senators Rhonda Fields and Janet Buckner as well as Representatives Dominique Jackson, Naquetta Ricks, Iman Jodeh, Mike Weissman and Dafna Michaelson Jenet, released the subsequent joint statement in response to Attorney General Phil Weiser’s patterns and practices investigative report released today, which found that the Aurora Police Department consistently breaks the law through racially-biased policing and excessive force
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