the candidates are incumbent republican mike coffman and democratic challenger andrew romanoff. this. comes courtesy of "-- this debate comes courtesy of "the denver post." it is an hour. >> welcome to the denver debate series 2014 and thank you for coming out were watching us online at denverpost.com. it is gratifying to see such interest in our debate series. we believe one of the most important parts of the season is watching candidates like yourselves answer serious questions in real-time without the aid of staff for notes. theincerely thank candidates for agreeing to participate. tonight we feature the candidates for colorado's sixth congressional district, congressman mike coffman and former colorado house speaker andrew romanoff. i the politics editor for "the denver post." i'm joined in moderating tonight's debate by john murray. we ask that the audience enjoyed the debate and take part by listening courteously. we ask that applause for candidates be reserved until the debate is concluded, and if we have interruptions, we will ask the interrupter or interrupters to play

i would like to recognize representative mike coffman of colorado a member of the v.a. committee, a subcommittee chairman of the committee and the sponsor of this bill, for three minutes. mr. coffman: i thank the gentleman from colorado. as chairman of the veterans affairs committee oversight and investigations subcommittee, i introduced house resolution 3593, the v.a. construction assistance act, along with my friend and ranking member ann kirkpatrick of arizona to address significant problems with the v.a.'s construction practices, problems which became public knowledge through our committee's -- our subcommittee's work. my proposed reforms are designed to speed construction and rein in the out of control costs of three major v.a. regional projects under development in arather row -- aurora, colorado, new orleans, louisiana, and orlando, florida. we introduced this legislation late last year based on the investigative work of our subcommittee and in response to a government accountability office report that found that v.a.'s major construction projects have been mired

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today, the race for colorado's sixth congressional district before -- between republican incumbent mike coffman and democratic challenger andrew romanoff. that is followed by the debate in nebraska's second district. ther, the debate between candidates in the open sea and virginia's 10th congressional district