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Gov. Hickenlooper Statement on the Federal Government Shutdown

Statement

Date: Jan. 19, 2018
Location: Denver, CO
Issues: Government Operations Government Budget and Spending

Gov. John Hickenlooper tonight released the following statement on the federal government shutdown.

"This is more unnecessary political drama. It used to be unimaginable that we would even consider shutting down our federal government. Coloradans know that our State government doesn't shut down. Our legislature has never put the State in this position. We can't imagine that ever happening here and intend to keep it that way.

"We can handle the impacts of the latest shenanigans, but they waste time and resources that we never get back. This is basically another federal tax that we have to pay."


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