Steve House opens new campaign office in bid for Congress

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Steve House, the Republican candidate for Colorado Congressional District 6, recently opened a neighborhood campaign office at 9721 East Colfax in the heart of Aurora. The small office was crowded with supporters on Friday afternoon, July 17.

The Villager asked House why he chose that location for a campaign office. He said, “More than anything else, I wanted to be in a neighborhood where real people with real problems who need representation could find someone who would listen and who will represent them in Congress on the things they need and take action, unlike (U.S. Rep.) Jason Crow, who hasn’t taken any action since he was elected on the things that people really need.”

House continued, “This area needs assistance. I’ve been talking to businesses around here who are struggling with the effects of COVID-19. They need solutions. I’ve already connected them with people who can help them get Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.” He added, “I’ve been meeting with representatives of Republican leadership in Congress every week, conveying to them issues that businesses here in this area have right now.”

The candidate, who hopes to unseat one-term Democrat U.S. Rep. Jason Crow in November, talked about the issue of health care, saying “What people around here need are lower health care costs and higher health care quality. That applies to all government health care—Medicare, Medicaid, veterans’ benefits, all of it.” House continued, “The total cost of health care in the United States is higher than it is in any other country in the world, yet we are ranked 12th in quality. We have a brand new plan to make America’s health care system the best in the world. The first three steps will require only regulatory change, not the passage of a new law. We have been in touch with the Trump administration and there is support for our idea. It will result in a free market system and see the elimination of $500 billion per year in health care administrative costs.”

House’s plan to replace Crow in the U.S. House of Representatives after November 3 involves him “asking the voters to raise their expectations about what a congressman could do. Jason Crow has introduced 11 bills in the nearly two years he has been in Washington, ten of which even his own party did not support. The only bill he was able to get through the House has not even been heard in the Senate.”

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