there was also testimony from congressman scott tipton whose district was affected by the spill.is is just over an hour. >>> good morning. we will call the committee to order for this morning's hearing which will examine the significant costs and related burdens for small businesses tod resulting from the gold king mine waste water spill near eror silverton, colorado. chairman vitter could not attend.orado. i want to thank him to have thin opportunity to chair this his hearing.tend i ask that his statement be entered into the record. without objection it will be entered into the record. before hearing from the st honorable scott tipton, i want e to mention that the epa was invited to testify this mornings but was unable to send a ct, representative.epa instead they submitted testimony and we have their testimony before us.instead i ask it be entered into the record. and i also want to welcome to o. the committee senator bennett nd who will be here momentarily ano will be joining us not as a who member of the committee but as t member of the senate who will also be able to partici

without objection, it will be entered into the record before hearing from scott tipton from colorado's third congressional district. i want to mention the epa was invited to testify this morning but was unable to send a representative. the submitted testimony and we have got before us and we ask it be entered into the record. also, i want to welcome to the committee senator bennett who will be here momentarily and will be joining us not as a number of the committee but member of the senate who will be able to participate and he will be here shortly. in the interest of time, i will with pulp my statement until congressman tipton gives his statement. it includes silverton, colorado with this boat occurred. congressman, your perspective on this bill is invaluable and we appreciate your service in the forward to your statement. thank you for coming. you,essman tipton: thank senator gardner and extend my today'sor committing hearing on an important issue when it comes to the epa spills and questions left to be answered and economic impacts we will be feeling not only in colorado but adjoini

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before hearing from our first witness, the honorable scott tipton, i want to briefly mention that the e.p.a. was invited to testify but unable to send a representative. they submitted testimony and we have testimony before us and i ask unanimous consent that it be entered into the record. and it will be entered into the record. i welcome senator bennett and will be joining us, not as a member of the committee but a member of the senate who will be participating in the senate hearing. in the interest of time, i will withhold my statement. the congressman's district includes the area north of -- includes silver ton, colorado, where the spill occurred. he was first elected to represent this area in 2010. your perspective is invaluable and we appreciate your service and look forward to your statement. thank you coming before the small business committee. mr. tipton: we believe this is a very important issue. when it comes to the e.p.a., the spillings, the questions yet to be answered, certainly the economic impacts that we're going to be feeling, not only in southwestern colorado but in a

hearing from our first witness, the honorable scott tipton from colorado's third district, i want to stress that the epa was invited to attend but was unable to send a representative. instead they sent testimony, and we have their testimony before us, and i ask for consent it be entered into the record. with consent, it will be entered into the record. i also want to welcome to the committee senator bennett who will be joining us not as a member of the committee but as a member of the senate who will also be able to participate in this committee hearing, and he'll be here shortly. so in the sinterest of time, i will withhold my comments until after officer tipton has given his statement. the area includes silverton, colorado but also north of silverton, colorado where the spill occurred. mr. tipton represented this area in 2010. your opinion on this spill is invaluable and thank you for coming before the small business committee today. welcome, congressman tipton, and your remarks. >> thank you, senator gardner, and please extend my thanks to chairman vetter for convening this mornin

before hearing from the honorable scott tipton, i want to mention that the epa was invited to testify this morning but was unable to send a representative. instead they submitted testimony and we have their testimony before us. i ask it be entered into the record. and i also want to welcome to the committee senator bennett who will be here momentarily and will be joining us not as a member of the committee but as a member of the senate who will also be able to participate in this committee hearing. he will be here shortly. in the interest of time, i will withhold my opening statement. the congressman's district includes silverton and north where the spill occurred. mr. tipton was elected to represent this area in november 2010. congressman, your perspective is invaluable. we appreciate your service and look forward to your statement. welcome, congressman tipton. >> thank you, senator gardner. extend my thanks to chairman vitter for convenie inine inin' issues. when it comes to the impacts we're going to be feeling in southwestern colorado but in other states as well. i would like to e

last congress mark udall, scott tipton and i introduced a bill to give certainty while holding them to appropriate standards. senator gardner and i are working to reintroduce a bill in this congress. we need to reform the mining law to make sure that companies pay royalties to taxpayers. thank you for allowing me to speak briefly and thank you for holding this hearing. >> thank you, senator bennett. senator udall? >> chairman inhofe and ranking member boxer, thank you for focusing on this issue. it's a very important issue not only for our states, but it's also an important issue for the nation and for the west. i first of all would like to -- because this impacted in new mexico the navajo nation, i'd like to recognize the president of the navajo nation who is here. russell behegay is seated in the row right behind the two colorado senators. they in particular have been very concerned and on top of this and he's going to testify this afternoon in the indian affairs committee. i -- sitting back and looking at this and trying to give all of you the big picture, as i listened to the two c

republican congressman from colorado, scott tipton. thank you for joining us.oposition for you. do you believe the gop is the party, more so, of trump and carson, or of bush, rubio, and maybe kasich? >> you know, i think right now, it's a very fluid situation. if we step back to the last presidential election at this time, we saw rick perry and herman cain leading the polls. the poll that you just released in the previous segment saying 71% of republican voters have yet to make up their mind, i think it's going to be very fluid and i think coloradans are really looking for people that are coming forward with solutions to address some of the challenges that we have in our state and in our country as well. >> do you think that the people at the top of the polls now will be there six months from now? >> you know, i think it's hard to say. there's a lot of frustration, certainly, in the state of colorado and nationwide. wanting to be able to see progress, to be able to get this economy moving. to be able to get our people back to work. and i think the candidates co