Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.

You don't climb mountains without a team, you don't climb mountains without being fit, you don't climb mountains without being prepared and you don't climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident - it has to be intentional.

It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.

We really don't have a policy [on climate change]. There's a lot of rhetoric and not a lot of action.

The choreographed standing and clapping of one side of the room - while the other side sits - is unbecoming of a serious institution and the message that it sends is that even on a night when the president is addressing the entire nation, we in Congress cannot sit as one, but must be divided as two.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I am not convinced that combat weapons are necessarily part of that heritage.