{"id":808061,"date":"2020-06-03T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T21:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=384398"},"modified":"2020-06-03T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T21:27:28","slug":"romanoff-pushes-for-greater-mental-health-access-climate-action-in-us-senate-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/romanoff-pushes-for-greater-mental-health-access-climate-action-in-us-senate-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanoff pushes for greater mental health access, climate action in US Senate campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

KEYSTONE \u2014 After losing a loved one to suicide, U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff, a Democrat, has made it his mission to improve mental health access for Coloradans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want anybody to struggle, suffer or die on account of problems we can fix,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Romanoff is up against former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in the June 30 primary election. The winner will go up against Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n

The 2020 election is Romanoff\u2019s second time running for senate. In 2010, he lost to Sen. Michael Bennet but had the support of voters in Summit County.<\/a> He also served four terms in the Colorado House of Representatives. During two of those terms, he was speaker of the house.<\/p>\n

His main platform this time around is combatting the mental health crisis in Colorado. As CEO of Mental Health Colorado, Romanoff worked with Summit County to improve local access to resources.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Romanoff plans to combat the mental health crisis by investing in prevention and early intervention. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat includes getting more services in schools \u2026 training school staff to recognize the early warning signs of mental health and substance disorders,\u201d he said. \u201cJails, prisons and warehouses for people who face mental illness and drug addiction are the most expensive and least therapeutic environment you can pick.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he also will hold insurance companies accountable for providing equal coverage for mental health and physical care. It\u2019s important to integrate mental health into the primary care system, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cRight now, we often send you to one place to treat your body and a different place to treat your mind,\u201d Romanoff said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Climate change is another major issue in Romanoff\u2019s campaign. The Democrat supports the Green New Deal, a legislative package that aims to tackle climate change.<\/a> Both Gardner and Hickenlooper oppose the plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to get the climate action we need if we continue to elect politicians who owe their seat to the industry they\u2019re supposed to be regulating,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

When it comes to the economy, Romanoff said it\u2019s important to build one that \u201cworks for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, it works really well if you\u2019re at the top,\u201d he said. \u201cYou could buy a member of Congress, buy yourself a tax break, tilt the playing field against people in the middle or in the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to the economic toll of the novel coronavirus pandemic on resort communities like Summit County, Romanoff said the country will need a \u201cmassive economic recovery plan\u201d similar to the original New Deal. The New Deal was a series of programs and projects proposed by former president Franklin D. Roosevelt to push America toward recovery from the Great Depression.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we need to make sure that family businesses get the financial support they need to move forward,\u201d he said. \u201cMoving forward, we need to make an investment in economic recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to combat the virus itself, Romanoff said Congress needs to provide widespread testing, tracing, isolation and treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to accelerate the development of a vaccine,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to provide the personal protective equipment that our health care heroes are pleading for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Romanoff also touched on how governments should respond to the protests in Denver and other cities in response to the killing of George Floyd. He said every police firm in America should have independent oversight, the officers responsible should be held accountable, and police officers should have better training and recruitment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also believes every officer should have body cameras and that practices like the chokehold should be banned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was horrified by the killing and horrified to know that it wasn\u2019t an isolated incident,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Romanoff said his campaign is grassroots, which speaks to the kind of candidate he is. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will be the most responsive, transparent, economical senator we\u2019ve ever had,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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