Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my personal heroes.

With leading research universities, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and private companies like Blue Sun working on developing alternative fuels, Colorado is poised to become an international leader in clean energy.

My family has spent 400 years farming on the banks of the Rio Grande. We know the value of hard work, love of the community, love for water and land.

I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.

I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.

Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger.

We are talking about institutionalizing a program on solar development that will outlast the Obama administration.