Here’s a look at how Colorado members of Congress voted over the previous week.

Along with this week’s roll call votes, the House also passed a bill (H.R. 207), to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation.

House votes

MAPPING FEDERAL WATERWAYS >> The House has passed the Modernizing Access to our Public Waters Act (H.R. 187), sponsored by Rep. Blake D. Moore, R-Utah, to require the Agriculture Department and Interior Department to standardize, digitize, and make public maps of federal waterways and rules governing access to them. Moore said by improving information availability, the bill would “ensure Americans can quickly see the public resources around them and spend more time recreating on the land and water they love.” The vote, on Jan. 21, was unanimous with 413 yeas.

YEAS: DeGette D-CO (1st), Crank R-CO (5th), Boebert R-CO (4th), Crow D-CO (6th), Neguse D-CO (2nd), Evans (CO) D-CO (8th)

NOT VOTING: Pettersen D-CO (7th)

MEMORIALIZING WOUNDED KNEE >> The House has passed the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act (H.R. 165), sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., to require the Interior Department to take 40 acres of land in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux tribe. Johnson said that by facilitating use of the land to memorialize the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, the bill “will make sure that we do right as much as we can in the wake of that tragedy.” The vote, on Jan. 22, was unanimous with 416 yeas.

YEAS: DeGette, Crank, Crow, Neguse, Evans

NOT VOTING: Boebert, Pettersen

ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CRIME >> The House has passed the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., to require the Homeland Security Department to detain illegal aliens in the U.S. who have been arrested on theft charges, and authorize state governments to sue for legal remedies from the federal government for damages resulting from its failure to enforce immigration laws. A supporter, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the lawsuit provision would help “ensure that we can stop any future administration that is not just refusing to enforce federal law but is actually abusing federal law to endanger our people, our citizens who we represent.” An opponent, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., said, “There are already existing laws for the detention and deportation of immigrants who commit violent crimes.” The vote, on Jan. 22, was 263 yeas to 156 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

HAWAII TREE DISEASE >> The House has passed the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act (H.R. 375), sponsored by Rep. Jill N. Tokuda, D-Hawaii, to require the Agriculture Department and Interior Department to work with Hawaii on responding to a non-native fungal pathogen that has been killing the state’s ohia trees for the past decade. Tokuda said: “This bill can also help to turn the tide in the fight against Rapid Ohia Death and, in doing so, protect and preserve ohia lehua and Hawaii’s unique ecosystems for our future generations.” The vote, on Jan. 23, was 359 yeas to 62 nays.

YEAS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse, Evans

NAYS: Crank, Boebert

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

FORESTRY MANAGEMENT >> The House has passed the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., to make changes to management of federal forests and wildlands, including streamlining planning and measures designed to reduce wildfire hazards. Westerman said the bill sought “to make forests more resilient, healthier, and safer, from sea to shining sea.” An opponent, Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., said it “undercuts the Endangered Species Act, and even makes it more difficult for communities to engage and scrutinize or even know about projects that could directly impact them.” The vote, on Jan. 23, was 279 yeas to 141 nays.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

ABORTION AND HEALTH CARE >> The House has passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 21), sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., to require health care providers to provide adequate care to an infant who has survived an attempted abortion. Wagner said: “This bill will save real lives, and it will give survivors a precious chance to build a future.” An opponent, Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-N.Y., said it “would levy criminal charges against healthcare practitioners and providers, jeopardizing their ability to deliver proper medical care to women.” The vote, on Jan. 23, was 217 yeas to 204 nays, with 1 voting present.

NAYS: DeGette, Crow, Neguse

YEAS: Crank, Boebert, Evans

NOT VOTING: Pettersen

Senate votes

DEPORTABLE CRIMINAL OFFENSES >> The Senate has approved an amendment sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), to include crimes causing serious injury or death among those prompting detention and deportation of an illegal alien. Ernst said the amendment “will close the loopholes that for too long have allowed murderers who come here illegally to roam free in our communities and commit more crimes.” The vote, on Jan. 20, was 75 yeas to 24 nays.

YEAS: Bennet D-CO, Hickenlooper D-CO

ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CRIME >> The Senate has passed the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala. The bill would require the Homeland Security Department to detain illegal aliens in the U.S. who have been arrested on theft charges, and authorize state governments to sue for legal remedies from the federal government for damages resulting from its failure to enforce immigration laws. Britt said the requirement would improve public safety by removing illegal aliens “before they get the opportunity to commit further, graver crimes” than theft. An opponent, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said the bill was “neither focused on driving resources to the border or establishing a more robust and rigorous system of immigration.” The vote, on Jan. 20, was 64 yeas to 35 nays.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

SECRETARY OF STATE >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State. Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida since being elected in 2010 and member of Florida’s legislature for the previous decade, was also a candidate for the presidential nomination in 2016. A supporter, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said of Rubio: “I was very impressed at his [confirmation] hearing by his grasp of policy. While we may not always agree, I believe he has the skills, knowledge, and qualifications to be Secretary of State.” The vote, on Jan. 20, was unanimous with 99 yeas.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

ABORTION AND HEALTH CARE >> The Senate has rejected a cloture motion to proceed to consideration of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 6), sponsored by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., which would have required health care providers to provide adequate care to an infant who has survived an attempted abortion. Lankford said the bill was needed to remove a legal “loophole that if an abortion was botched, everyone can just back away and watch the child die; they do not have to give that child medical care.” An opponent, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said: “This bill cruelly substitutes the judgment of qualified medical professionals and the wishes of millions of families and allows the ultraright ideology to dictate what they do.” The vote, on Jan. 22, was 52 yeas to 47 nays, with a three-fifths majority required.

NAYS: Bennet, Hickenlooper

CIA DIRECTOR >> The Senate has confirmed the nomination of John Ratcliffe to be Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director. Ratcliffe was a House member, representing a Texas district, from 2015 to mid-2020, when he became Director of National Intelligence for the remainder of the first Trump administration. Since early 2021, he has been a co-chair at the America First Policy Institute and a consultant to several businesses. A supporter, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said: “He is going to lead the CIA without bias and with the safety of the American people being his top priority.” An opponent, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said “I am deeply worried that Mr. Ratcliffe will be unable to stand up to people like Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard, who are known to falsify intelligence.” The vote, on Jan. 23, was 74 yeas to 25 nays.

YEAS: Bennet, Hickenlooper