[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 82]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          AGENDA FOR COLORADO

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, today we start the 110th Congress of the 
United States. We embark on a 2-year journey to submit, consider, 
debate, improve, and eventually pass legislation on behalf of the 
greater good of our constituents and the American people. Accordingly, 
I have here today a package of legislative proposals which I believe 
will benefit Colorado and the country. This package is the first 
chapter of what I hope becomes a legislative agenda for Colorado and 
the Nation. These 15 bills address matters from healthcare to housing, 
land usage to veterans, and Homeland Security to drug trafficking 
prevention.
  These bills are:
  The Methamphetamine Trafficking Enforcement Act of 2007;
  the Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2007;
  the Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2007;
  the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Expansion Act of 2007;
  the National Trails System Willing Seller Act of 2007;
  the Pikes Peak Regional Veteran's Cemetery Act of 2007;
  the Pinon Canyon Expansion Citizen's Input Act of 2007;
  the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act;
  the Increase Computer Efficiency Study Act of 2007;
  the Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007;
  the Baca National Wildlife Refuge Purpose Act;
  the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area Technical Amendments 
Act of 2007;
  the Satellite and Cable Access Act of 2007;
  the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007;
  and a Ronald Reagan U.S. Capitol Artistic Tribute Resolution.
  Mr. President, this agenda of 15 bills represents many hours of work 
with Colorado citizens, officials, interested parties, and 
stakeholders. It is a set of fairly controversy-free proposals that 
will solve problems and offer solutions.
  I intend to return to this floor with a second round of legislative 
proposals, proposals that I am now working on with colleagues, State 
officials, and Colorado stakeholders. Other measures I plan to address 
this session include Good Samaritan mine cleanups, bark beetle 
eradication legislation, Rocky Mt. National Park Wilderness, National 
ID theft/Social Security number protection, renewable energy tax 
credits, reverse mortgages, the need for public health veterinarians, 
oil shale royalties, and manufactured housing reform.
  I look forward to working with my colleagues on getting these bills 
through the legislative process and being able to tell Coloradans that 
we in Washington are engaged on their behalf.
  (The remarks of Mr. ALLARD pertaining to the submission of S. Con. 
Res. 1 are located in today's Record under ``Submission of Concurrent 
and Senate Resolutions.'')
  (The remarks of Mr. ALLARD pertaining to the introduction of S. 124, 
S. 125, S. 126, S. 127, S. 128, S. 129, S. 130, S. 131, S. 132, S. 134, 
S. 135, S. 136, S. 168, and S. 169 are located in today's Record under 
``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Obama). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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