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Congressman Ken Buck

Representing the 4th District of Colorado

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Ken Buck Visits Custom Gun Manufacturer

October 5, 2016 Press Release
"Manufacturing businesses are vital components of our economy. In Washington, I’m fighting government overreach so that small businesses, especially gun manufacturers who rely on the protection of our Second Amendment rights, can continue contributing to the economy and creating jobs."
Issues:
Jobs and Economic Growth, Second Amendment

Ken Buck Supports Fully Funded PILT Program

September 29, 2016 Press Release
"Since it’s exempt from local property taxes, the federal government should contribute to local communities through PILT funds. I encourage Congress to fully fund the PILT program and to ensure its long-term existence.”
Issues:
Transportation

Ken Buck's WATER Act Passes Committee

September 21, 2016 Press Release
The WATER Act ensures that farmers and ranchers have access to low cost water resources. I’m glad I could work with Chairman Brady and the House Ways and Means committee to advance this legislation that is so important to communities in the Western United States.
Issues:
Agriculture

Ken Buck Votes to Keep Terrorists out of Colorado

September 15, 2016 Press Release
“This legislation should prevent President Obama from even starting to think about moving terrorists into Colorado. For the safety of Colorado, America, and the world, these terrorists should be locked up in Guantanamo Bay for a long, long time.”
Issues:
Foreign Affairs, Security

Ken Buck Votes to Hold VA Employees Accountable

September 14, 2016 Press Release
“This legislation holds employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs accountable for failing our veterans. After the sacrifices our veterans have made, they deserve the best care we can offer.”
Issues:
Accountability, Veterans

Ken Buck Announces 2016 Congressional App Challenge

July 25, 2016 Press Release
“I’m eager to see all of the incredible apps that students around the district will create. The student participants are developing skills that will serve not only their future but the future of our nation.”

Ken Buck calls for reform of water project approval process

July 15, 2016 Press Release
In Northern Colorado, water is life for farmers and everyone else who lives in the region. I’ve watched firsthand as water shortages in Colorado drive farmers and their families to desperation.We need to reform federal regulations so that water projects can be completed more quickly and more efficiently.
Issues:
Agriculture, Jobs and Economic Growth, Regulation

Ken Buck votes for affordable food prices

July 14, 2016 Press Release
“A GMO labeling mandate ties up food producers in red tape, driving up costs for Colorado families.A flawed labeling law in one state should not lead us to create a shortsighted law for the other 49 states.”
Issues:
Agriculture

Statement on Passing of Senator Bill Armstrong

July 6, 2016 Press Release
My wife and I are praying for the family of Senator Bill Armstrong and for everyone whose lives he touched.

Ken Buck Takes Wheat Tour

July 2, 2016 Press Release
I appreciated the chance to learn about issues faced by the wheat growing community. I’m working in Congress to ensure that our farms and the surrounding communities can thrive.
Issues:
Agriculture, Trade

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In The News

D.C.’s Outrageous Second Amendment Double Standard

April 23, 2015 In The News
NRO, Charles Cooke
NRO

If elected officials can possess guns, why can’t the rest of Washington’s citizens?

House bill aims to extend RVP waiver to ethanol blends beyond E10

April 23, 2015 In The News
Ethanol Producer Magazine, Erin Voegele
Ethanol Producer Magazine

Bill Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, recently introduced legislation in the house that includes a provision to extend the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure (RVP) to ethanol blends with more than 10 percent ethanol.

Issues:
Energy

Capitol Police: Members Of Congress Can Keep Guns In Their Offices

April 22, 2015 In The News
Breitbart, Awr Hawkins
Breitbart
Although Washington DC’s strict gun control requirements make it “illegal for most people to carry a firearm under Washington, D.C.’s strict gun laws,” Capitol Police say it is allowable for members of Congress to keep guns in their offices and to transport them as well, “as long as they are unloaded.”

GOP lawmakers cause stir with AR-15 on Capitol Hill

April 22, 2015 In The News
Guns.com, Chris Eger
Guns.com

U.S. Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) and Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), posed with one of the few legal AR-15s in Washington D.C. last week, with predictable results. (Photo: Facebook)

A pair of Republican congressmen caught flak after an image with the two holding a controversial rifle, banned in Washington D.C., hit social media.

Ken Buck investigated for having an AR-15 in his DC office Update: Dismissed

April 22, 2015 In The News
Hot Air, Jazz Shaw
Hot Air

David Gregory nearly found out the hard way about defying the District of Columbia’s restrictive gun laws ( though prosecutors lost interest in the story quickly) and now one congressman may be entering into the same sort of kerfuffle. Representative Ken Buck (R-Colorado) tweeted a picture of himself and Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) holding Buck’s AR-15.

DC Attorney General Steps in After Trey Gowdy and Ken Buck Pose for a Pic with an ‘Illegal’ Item

April 22, 2015 In The News
IJ Review, Joseph Petricone
IJ Review

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) might be in hot water after taking a picture with an American flag-painted AR-15, The Hill reported.

Capitol Police: Lawmaker's AR-15 allowed

April 21, 2015 In The News
The Hill, Tim Devaney
The Hill

U.S. Capitol Police say a Republican lawmaker is allowed to carry an AR-15 assault rifle in his office as long as the gun is unloaded.

Congressmen Holding AR-15 Photo: Trey Gowdy, Ken Buck May Face Police Investigation Over Assault Rifle Pose

April 21, 2015 In The News
IBT, Howard Koplowitz
IBT

Two Republican congressmen who posed for a photo with an AR-15 assault rifle may soon find themselves under investigation after District of Columbia police Tuesday were given “materials,” including the Twitter photo that could be used to make a case against them, the Hill

D.C. Attorney General Reports Photo of Reps. Trey Gowdy, Ken Buck to Police for ‘Further Investigation’

April 21, 2015 In The News
The Blaze, Jason Howerton
The Blaze

The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., is reportedly investigating a photo of Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) holding an AR-15 rifle in a House office building.

Democrats up in arms about Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., gun tweet

April 21, 2015 In The News
Greeley Tribune, James Redmond
Greeley Tribune

A photo tweeted by Rep. Ken Buck had some Colorado liberals up in arms Tuesday, but U.S. Capitol Police say they jumped the gun.

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