Scott Tipton (R-CO-3)

Scott Tipton Colorado District 3

Scott Tipton Biography from House.gov

Biography of Congressman Scott Tipton

Congressman Scott Tipton was born and raised in Cortez, Colorado.  He graduated from Ft. Lewis College in Durango, where he studied Political Science and became the first person in his family to earn a college degree. After college, he returned home to Cortez and co-founded Mesa Verde Indian Pottery with his brother Joe. It was through his business that Scott met his wife of 26 years, Jean, who is now a retired school teacher.  The Tipton’s have two daughters, Liesl and Elizabeth.

Scott was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives for the 58th District in November of 2008. During his time at the state House, he worked to ensure quality water for the people of Colorado and to improve the air quality of Southwest Colorado. He also sponsored legislation to protect children from the worst criminal offenders by mandating harsher penalties for child sex-offenders and allowing law enforcement to collect DNA evidence from suspects through Jessica’s Law and Katie’s Law.

Scott was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010.  As a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Scott has vowed to bring Colorado common sense Washington—focusing on reforming regulation, responsibly protecting Colorado’s natural environment, cutting government spending, and removing hurdles so that small businesses can do what they do best—create jobs.

Committees and Subcommittees

  • House Committee on Small Business

The House Small Business Committee was established to protect and assist small businesses.  As such, the Committee has jurisdiction over matters related to small business financial aid, regulatory flexibility, and paperwork reduction. Additionally, the House Small Business Committee has  oversight and legislative authority over the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its programs.

    • Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade

This Subcommittee will address policies that enhance rural economic growth, increasing America’s energy independence and ensuring that America’s small businesses can compete effectively in a global marketplace

The House Natural Resources Committee considers legislation about American energy production, mineral lands and mining, fisheries and wildlife, public lands, oceans, Native Americans, irrigation and reclamation.

The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding appropriations for various governmental agencies, programs, and activities, as defined by House rules.

Caucuses

  • Western Caucus

The mission of the Western Caucus is to enhance, sustain, and preserve the West’s dynamic and unique culture, and to find innovative solutions that address the distinctive concerns facing western and rural communities. We believe economic growth and conservation are not mutually exclusive goals and can be accomplished by promoting balanced, common-sense reforms.

  • Beef Caucus

The House Beef Caucus is committed to advocating for the U.S. beef and cattle industry through raising awareness of the issues impacting this industry. The Caucus educates and informs Members of Congress, and their staff, about U.S. cattle and beef production. Members are given the opportunity to speak about the importance of ranching in the U.S. and utilize opportunities to aid ranchers.

  • Natural Gas Caucus

The Congressional Natural Gas Caucus is a bipartisan group of Members dedicated to championing the use of clean, plentiful, domestic natural gas. We are committed to informing and educating Members of Congress, and the American people about this clean-burning domestic fuel. By promoting the use of natural gas we believe America will benefit from cleaner modes of transportation and energy generation, creating a cleaner environment and millions of new American jobs. We are focused on discovering environmentally-friendly ways to produce natural gas and explore the ways natural gas can help meet our country’s energy needs while leading us towards an independent energy future.

  • Republican Israel Caucus

The caucus connects Members and staff with leading Middle East policy analysts to deepen their understanding of the issues Israel faces amidst the ever-changing dynamic in the Middle East. Additionally, the caucus collaborates with policy experts, academics, the Israel and Jewish communities and Members to host events that help open the dialogue on the pertinent issues in the Middle East.  The Caucus often partners with the Democratic Israel Working Group in a bipartisan manner on Israel issues which concern people on both sides of the aisle.

Biography from Vote Tipton

Scott Tipton, a lifelong Coloradan, was raised in Cortez, CO where he attended public schools with his brother Joe and graduated from Cortez High School. He went onto Ft. Lewis College in Durango where he studied Political Science and became the first person in his family to graduate from college. After leaving Ft. Lewis College, Scott returned to Cortez and co-founded Mesa Verde Indian Pottery with his brother Joe.

After 30 years in business, Mesa Verde Indian Pottery has developed a reputation worldwide for their craftsmanship and integrity. Scott’s small business success has always focused on a philosophy that puts people, quality and customer service as top priority. Managing 22 employees that he believes in calling co-workers; Scott has always believed that when it comes to maintaining and creating new jobs you have to innovate, have your customers know you’ll fulfill your promises and listen to the feedback your customers give you, and then act upon it. You can always get better by listening and working hard.

It was through his business that Scott met his wife of 26 years, Jean, who is now a retired school teacher. The Tipton’s have two daughters, Liesl and Elizabeth. Liesl graduated from the University of Denver in 2008 with a degree in International Business. She is married to Lt. Chris Ross USAF and they are currently stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Elizabeth is a sophomore at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona.

Scott Tipton was elected as a Republican to the Colorado House of Representatives for the 58th District in November of 2008 with 59% of the vote.  Scott’s Southwestern Colorado district includes the counties of Delta, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel, Dolores, and Montezuma.  Immediately after his election Scott quickly went to work at creating jobs, helping ensure the safety of Colorado, and improving the overall quality of life for Coloradans.

For the 2009 legislative session, Scott was named to seats on the House Agriculture Committee, Livestock Committee, Natural Resources Committee and Local Government Committee.  Over the past year Scott has worked to ensure quality water for the people of Colorado and to improve the air quality of Southwest Colorado by addressing restraints on the Four Corners Power Plant.  He also sponsored legislation to protect our children from the worst criminal offenders by mandating harsher penalties for child sex-offenders and allowing law enforcement to collect DNA evidence from suspects through Jessica’s Law and Katie’s Law.

A lifelong Republican, Scott got involved with the Ronald Reagan for President Campaign in 1976 and served as a delegate to the Republican Convention that year.  His commitment to Reagan continued and Scott went on to play major roles in both the 1980 and 1984 Reagan campaigns in Western Colorado.  A former Montezuma County GOP Chairman, Scott served as the Republican Chairman of the Third Congressional District for eight years.

In 2009, Scott grew more and more concerned with Washington’s reckless spending as he watched the effect Washington’s policies have had on the lives and livelihoods of his fellow Coloradans over the past year.  While unemployment skyrocketed in cities across the country, Washington passed a “stimulus” bill of nearly $1 trillion in spending on liberal pet projects and wasteful government programs.  After borrowing $1.4 trillion in 2009 alone and tripling the national debt, Washington is back asking for more from hardworking and overburdened taxpayers in 2010.  As nationwide unemployment continued to linger at 10 percent or higher, Washington worked to pass a government-takeover of healthcare that would impose new taxes and fees on every individual, family, and business across Colorado already struggling amidst the recession.  Scott knows that we need to bring true fiscal conservatism back to Colorado and back to Washington.

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