The second session of the 66th General Assembly has convened.  We hit the floor running this year, hearing bills in committees in the first three days which, in the past, had been largely ceremonial.

There is much to do, and it will have to be done in incremental steps.  The Governor had task forces or commissions studying transportation and P-20 education over the interim.  The previous governor had started a commission to study the healthcare system.  Those reports will need to be heard and decisions made on how to go forward.  The legislature had interim committees dealing with  severance taxes and how it is distributed, the mentally ill in the criminal justice system, the waiting list for services for the developmentally disabled, and others.

What I continue to hear from House District 30 citizens is that your concerns continue to be healthcare (access/insurance/costs), our aging and inadequate transportation system, and education reform.  I am so honored to have been elected to be part of that debate and take your views to the legislature.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.  Please contact me if there's anything I can help you with.

It's been an incredible experience to serve as your State Representative these past seven years. I am honored to serve as the Chair of the Local Government Committee and I sit on the Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee.  During the interim I serve on the Water Resources Legislative Review Committee and on the State and Veterans' Nursing Home Oversight Committee.  I was also appointed to the Arts in Public Places Council for Fitzsimons and to the South Platte River Task Force.