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Colorado House voices outrage after deaths linked to federal agents, pledges solidarity with affected families
Summary
During a floor session the Colorado House expressed anger and called for accountability after members named Colorado families whose relatives were killed by federal agents; the chamber also approved routine business and recessed later without objection.
Speaker McCluskey told the Colorado House that constituents Michael and Susan Preti learned their son was killed "at the hands of a federal agent," and named other victims including Renee Goode, Jeanette Vizguerra Ramirez and Fernando Jaramillo Solano. "Lives are not headlines," Speaker McCluskey said, calling for accountability and protection of Coloradans' rights to peaceful protest.
The speaker said Colorado "will continue to stand against this betrayal of our values," and expressed solidarity with families and with people protesting in Minneapolis. "We are angry, heartsick, and scared," the speaker said, urging calm, justice and accountability.
The personal-privilege remarks were made during the regular morning session and were not followed by a formal floor vote on any accountability measure. Earlier in the session Representative Stewart moved to approve the journal of Friday, 01/23/2026, which the presiding officer announced as adopted. Later, Majority Leader Duran moved that the House "stand in recess until later today," and the presiding officer, hearing no objection, announced the chamber would recess.
The remarks named specific families and detentions and framed the session's atmosphere, but members did not take legislative action on the federal enforcement issues during the floor proceeding recorded in the transcript. The House will continue its schedule of committee and floor business upon return from recess.
