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Caraveo vows to defend social programs
Colorado seeks to stifle air pollution record access BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Social Security benefits. Democrats don’t support such cuts, Democratic Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo told the group. “Social Security and Medicare
The Environmental Protection Agency says Colorado agencies and citizen watchdogs cannot possibly enforce the Clean Air Act against polluters unless everyone has open public access to the polluters’ records of what they spew into the air. Until state regulators make it easier to find those records, the EPA says, the federal agency won’t fully approve Colorado’s required plan on how it will attack ozone and other air pollution problems. Colorado had a swift response to the demand for open government. The state sued the EPA to fight more open records. “The current public access, which is zero public access, is great for the polluters,” said Robert Ukeiley, a Colorado attorney on air pollution issues for the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Jan Parker of Thornton urges representatives to repeal two provisions that limit how much Social Security beneficiaries can receive PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR while Rep. Yadira Caraveo listens during a roundtable discussion Aug. 22 in Brighton. BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With talk of budget cuts swirling in Washington, the U.S. House’s top Democrat swung through Brighton with a Colorado congresswoman to
meet with seniors worried about the future of programs for the aged. The backdrop was a Republican proposal for budget cuts that aims to rein in “excessive” federal spending and “unsustainable debt” by reducing or reviewing some Medicare and
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