Philip Covarrubias is a Colorado politician and a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 56th District, which encompasses portions of Arapahoe and Adams counties, including the communities of Aurora, Bennett, Brick Center, Brighton, Byers, Comanche Creek, Commerce City, Deer Trail, Lochbuie, Peoria, Strasburg, Thornton, Todd Creek, and Watkins.[3] He served on the Finance and Health, Insurance, & Environment committees.[4]
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Covarrubias, a Republican, formerly lived in Brighton. He currently lives in Seabrook, Texas. He co-founded an excavation and construction company that worked on the FasTracks project connecting downtown Denver to Denver International Airport,[5] and currently works as a foreman for Xcel Energy.[6] He is Mexican-American and a co-founder of Hispanic Contractors of Colorado;[7] having experienced racial discrimination while growing up, he is part of the Sociedad Protección Mutua De Trabajadores Unidos.[8][9]
Covarrubias supported Colorado HB17-1242, putting a measure on Colorado's November 2017 ballot asking voters to approve a sales tax increase to improve transportation infrastructure.[12]
As an opponent of HB17-1372, a bill to mandate that oil and gas companies provide the public with maps of flowlines, Covarrubias filibustered and helped defeat the bill.[13][14]
In March 2017, commenting on the Japanese-American internment, Covarrubias said that in the "heat of combat", "there's no time to ask questions and find out who's a citizen and who's not."[15] In a later interview Covarrubias said he was "sorry that [the internment] was a part of our history" and that "under no circumstances, regardless of who they are, should people be treated in the way that people were being treated during the World War II period".[16]
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Covarrubias, Philip. About Phil. Viewed: January 31, 2017. "Bipartisan Blastoff for Transportation Fix". Targeted News Service. March 31, 2017.
"GOP Filibuster Kills Oil & Gas Safety Bill". Targeted News Service. May 9, 2017.
Wyatt, Kristen (May 9, 2017). "Colorado GOP blocks nation's 1st well-mapping requirement". Associated Press Worldstream.