One of my old ROTC Navy textbooks reads: ‘All officers are expected to have moral courage and to realize that the good of the Naval Service and the country come before their own well-being.’  That message of self-sacrifice is what we need to remember, honor and promote today. 

 Today, our prayers go out to our troops and we thank them for their courageous service and dedication.  We thank them for protecting us and our country.   

Why do we serve? The obvious answer is to protect freedom and liberty for the citizens of this country, but at the end of the day it really all comes down to our future.  We serve to protect the freedom of future generations, so our kids will grow up in free and safe society and so they will have a better world better than we did.  Thank you to all our troops who are serving today.

Posted by SenatorShaffer as Blog at 12:38 PM UTC []

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With a $1 billion shortfall, these difficult decisions have to be made, and thanks to Governor Ritter’s leadership we have a thoughtful, lean, compassionate budget.   The choices were not easy, and the solutions were not obvious, but we will continue to build a 21^st century workforce and lead Colorado to a fast and strong recovery.

We are going to have some tough choices to make next session, but we will make those decisions in order to invest in our kids and make sure they have a better future than we had.

Posted by SenatorShaffer as Blog, Budget, Colorado Kids at 4:53 PM UTC []

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