Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Brandon Munoz- Ortega for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Brandon has overcome many challenges along his journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Brandon, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Brandon's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Brandon Munoz-Ortega on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Shyanna Martinez for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Shyanna has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Shyanna, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Shyanna's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Shyanna Martinez on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Eden Rayne Nehls for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Eden has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Eden, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Eden's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Eden Rayne Nehls on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Tea Martinez for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Tea has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Tea, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Tea's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Tea Martinez on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Te'Aira Nutter for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Te'Aira has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Te'Aira, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Te'Aira's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Te'Aira Nutter on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dezire Miller for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Dezire has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Dezire, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Dezire's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Dezire Miller on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Special District Grant Accessibility Act, and I thank my colleague, Representative Fallon, for his leadership and bipartisan collaboration on this bill. I also thank the advocates who raised this concern with our office and give a huge shout-out to my team for doing the work to get it to this point.

Special districts are local governments that are created by the people for a community to deliver specialized services. There are 35,000 special districts across the country, and this includes providing services ranging from drinking water and wastewater management to healthcare, transit, natural resource conservation, and much more.

This bipartisan bill will ensure Federal policies better reflect the complexities of local government by creating a Federal definition. I didn't realize that there were so many barriers at the local level to actually drawing down those Federal funds when it comes to community block grants, childcare services, and even transportation needs.

We also saw significant barriers when it came to the pandemic and the ARPA funding that was going down to help support communities through that difficult time. We know that this is a very important and small step forward, but it is going to make a big difference for people across Colorado and the Nation.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Montserrat Escalera Pulido for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Montserrat has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Montserrat, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Montserrat's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Montserrat Escalera Pulido on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Sherane Helmuth for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Sherane has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Sherane, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Sherane's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Sherane Helmuth on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kimberly De Leon for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Kimberly has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Kimberly, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Kimberly's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Kimberly De Leon on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Andre Gurule, Jr. for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Andre has overcome many challenges along his journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Andre, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Andre's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Andre Gurule, Jr. on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Matthew King for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Matthew has overcome many challenges along his journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Matthew, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Matthew's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Matthew King on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Roman Figueroa Beltran for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Roman has overcome many challenges along his journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Roman, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Roman's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Roman Figueroa Beltran on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kenalynn Johnson for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Kenalynn has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Kenalynn, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Kenalynn's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Kenalynn Johnson on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Jacki King for earning the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.

Jacki has overcome many challenges along her journey to success, demonstrating perseverance at every step. Students who strive to make the most of their education, like Jacki, develop crucial skills and a work ethic that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This award is a testament to Jacki's hard work, determination, and perseverance at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School and is clearly just the beginning of a bright and promising future.

It is my honor to congratulate Jacki King on achieving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Award.