\u201cWe did have a vote on the floor that supported transparency and to be able to release the transcript and the whistleblower information, as well,\u201d Tipton said. \u201cBut it would have been appropriate to have waited until that information was out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tipton said he is aware of concerns within the House Oversight Committee and the Intelligence Committee about unequal representation on the Republican side, meaning that since Democrats are the majority in the House, there will be fewer opportunities for Republicans to be able to ask questions.<\/p>\n
To counteract the Democratic majority, Tipton said he wants to ensure there is transparency in the process to ease concerns about unequal representation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think all Americans want and expect to see that (transparency) and think it\u2019s important that Speaker Pelosi indicated that she didn\u2019t want this to be partisan \u2013 to make sure that there is equal opportunity to be able to ask questions,\u201d Tipton said.<\/p>\n
Tipton said the impeachment inquiry means issues important to Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District \u2013 trade, opioid addiction and lowering prescription drug prices \u2013 will have to take a back seat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that the focus can be on addressing those issues,\u201d Tipton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut right now, the focus is strictly around this formal impeachment inquiry. We\u2019ve got a lot of issues that are important to the people in our district and around the country that we need to be focusing on, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tipton was named as Trump\u2019s Campaign Honorary State Chair for Colorado on Sept. 30 as part of the president\u2019s re-election campaign. Tipton said that the title was simply honorary, and he \u201ccontinues to be focused\u201d on his district.<\/p>\n
Looking forward, Tipton plans to prioritize getting more jobs into the district, addressing the opioid crisis and protecting public lands and water, among other issues, and he hopes that impeachment will not interfere with those priorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can send you an entire list of priorities,\u201d Tipton said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a bunch.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ayelet Sheffey is a student at American University in Washington, D.C., and an intern for The Durango Herald and The Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congressman seeks to ensure transparency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,13,28,29,23],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-64688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-u-s-rep-scott-tipton"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64688"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=64688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}