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LOCAL PERSPECTIVE As one of about 130 small business owners invited to Washington early this week to lobby for health care reform, I often felt like the smallest bit player in an enormous unfolding drama.

"Put down your weapons. I come in peace." This morning, gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis' responded to critics of his decision not to debate his fellow Republican rivals with a Denver Post op-ed in which he argued that while "GOP candidate forums" are fine, direct faceoffs will do more harm than good.

Here's a roundup of comments from Coloradans this week on the health-care reform proposal before the U.S. House of Representatives as made in statements, speeches and other forums.

Senator Mark Udall says the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas underscore that more needs to be done to help "troops who find themselves at the breaking point." The Colorado Democrat was briefed by Army officials on Friday along with other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

A pair of military briefings to members of Congress about the Fort Hood rampage resulted in confusion and conflicting information late Friday on the number of wounded.

Colorado's congressional delegation is offering condolences to the families and soldiers affected by the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.

A measure sponsored by US Representative Betsy Markey has passed the House, and will soon see the floor of the US Senate.

A measure aimed at freezing credit card rate hikes and fee increases sponsored by U.S. Rep Betsy Markey, D-Colo., passed the House Wednesday in the form of an amendment to H.R. 3639, known as the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009.

The western United States, with its independent streak and growing population, is the terrain both political parties are hoping to mine for electoral gains in the coming years.

A Fort Collins business owner traveled to Washing-ton, D.C., on Tuesday to meet with congressional leaders regarding health-care reform.

The Obama administration came into this summer with a sweeping plan for financial regulation--its proposals for how to prevent another meltdown after the mortgage crisis and the wave of bank failures that led up to President Obama's inauguration and continued to dominate discussion during his first months in office.

Call it a political lovefest. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, former U.S. Senator for Colorado, state Attorney General before that and fifth generation Coloradan from the San Luis Valley, was honored Oct.

Colorado's senior U.S. senator has proposed a bill that would give the federal government authority to research whether small-scale, modular nuclear reactors are a feasible contributor to the nation's energy supply.

As Congress aims for a national energy fix, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall on Friday broadened his push for mini-nuclear-powered plants as part of the solution by addressing the hot-button matter of radioactive waste.

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is sponsoring a bill that would authorize research into modular, small-scale nuclear power plants to help meet energy needs while cutting carbon emissions.

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is sponsoring a bill that would authorize research into modular, small-scale nuclear power plants to help meet energy needs while cutting carbon emissions.

A Canadian company's push to build the United States' first new conventional uranium mill since the Cold War has cleared local hurdles - despite environmental concerns - and won wary high-level support.

U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., has introduced the Credit Card Rate Freeze Act, designed to immediately freeze interest rates on consumer credit card accounts.

Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy.