[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 215 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CORY GARDNER

  Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, I want to recognize and thank 
Senator Cory Gardner for his years of service to the people of 
Colorado. Senator Gardner has served the people of Colorado for 15 
years as a member of the State house of representatives, a Congressman 
from Colorado Fourth District, and as a U.S. Senator. It has been an 
honor to serve with him in the U.S. Senate and alongside him on the 
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  Like my home State of Nevada, Colorado is a precious treasure of the 
American West, famed for its soaring peaks and beautiful countryside. 
Senator Gardner committed himself to protect and preserve heritage 
through championing our national parks and public lands with the 
passage of the Great Americans Outdoors Act. Senator Gardner also 
understands that preserving our outdoor spaces is vital to our western 
economies and to the physical and emotional well-being of the people 
who call our State home. I must thank him for supporting our 
successful, bipartisan effort to reauthorize Brand USA to promote the 
United States as a destination to global travelers and support workers 
and businesses in tourism and hospitality in our States. I also want to 
thank him for partnering with me on the ACCESS Broadband Act to enhance 
access to Federal broadband programs and deliver these vital services 
to our rural communities. Finally, I must acknowledge Senator Gardner 
for joining Senators Burr, Sinema, Congressman DeSaulnier, and me in 
introducing the Moving FIRST Act to invest in our local communities 
infrastructure to help them overcome local challenges and meet the 
needs of the future.
  Thank you, again, to Senator Gardner, for his public service. It has 
been an honor to work with him here in the Senate and join in his 
commitment to all of us throughout the region we call home.

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