The Issues

Ending the Fentanyl Crisis and Securing the Southern Border

Hope Scheppelman has spent decades in trauma and critical care, witnessing the devastation of fentanyl, from the bedside to her own family. She’s also seen the tragic consequences of human trafficking, a crisis fueled by our open southern border. Illegal drugs and vulnerable people are pouring into Colorado, devastating rural communities with rising crime, shattered families, and preventable deaths.

In Congress, Hope will fight to:

  • Secure the border with physical barriers
  • Fully fund Border Patrol and ICE
  • End catch-and-release policies
  • Treat fentanyl and human trafficking as national security threats
  • Enforce mandatory sentencing for traffickers
  • Expand resources for local law enforcement, first responders, and rural recovery programs

Hope’s mission is very clear: secure the border, stop the traffickers, and bring healing and safety to American families.

Defending Agriculture, Water Rights, and Landowners

Hope Scheppelman is a proud America First, conservative fighter who knows rural Colorado is the heart of our nation. She will fiercely defend agriculture, water rights, and private property from radical environmentalists, federal overreach, and globalist agendas that put America last.

Hope opposes federal land grabs, unconstitutional conservation easements, and Biden’s 30×30 land seizure scheme. She will protect Colorado’s water from being diverted to out-of-state or international interests, ensuring local control, senior water rights, and investment in water infrastructure.

She’ll fight to eliminate the death tax, strip Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) mandates, and cut red tape so family farms and ranches can thrive for generations. Hope supports multiple-use land policies that prioritize grazing, energy, hunting, and recreation, and she stands against weaponized agencies like the EPA and BLM.

Hope will fight to remove wolves from the Endangered Species List and oppose the forced reintroduction of wolves into Colorado, protecting livestock, wildlife, and the livelihoods of rural families.

Hope stands with Colorado’s ranchers, farmers, and landowners, because they are the backbone of this country. In Congress, she’ll send one clear message to D.C.: Don’t tread on rural Colorado..

Improving Rural Healthcare, Medicare, and Medicaid

Hope Scheppelman, a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner and former U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, knows firsthand the struggles of rural healthcare. She will fight to restore full Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements for rural providers, so hospitals stay open and patients, especially seniors and low-income individuals, get the care they deserve.

Hope will streamline Medicare and Medicaid, cutting red tape and reducing delays that keep vulnerable patients from getting timely treatment. She’ll expand telehealth, mobile clinics, and mental health resources to serve remote communities and ensure veterans receive the high-quality care they’ve earned.

Restoring American Energy Independence

Hope Scheppelman is an America First conservative who believes energy independence is national security. She’ll always put American workers, families, and energy first, not radical climate agendas or globalist interests.

Colorado’s 3rd District is rich in oil, gas, coal, and uranium, but Biden and the far left are locking it all up. Hope will reverse Biden’s war on American energy by reopening federal lands, slashing red tape, and restoring Trump-era energy policies that put our country first.

She’ll protect coal towns, oilfield jobs, and rural communities from federal shutdowns, reject Green New Deal schemes, and stop taxpayer handouts to climate cronies. Hope backs an all-of-the-above strategy, oil, gas, coal, and nuclear, not unreliable solar panels from China.

Hope will block global climate treaties that hurt U.S. sovereignty and keep the UN out of Colorado. For Hope, energy policy is about freedom: no family should have to choose between heating their home or putting food on the table.

She will fight every day to restore American energy dominance, and she won’t back down.

Empowering Parents and Reforming Education

Hope Scheppelman believes parents, not the government, should raise and guide their children. She’ll fight for school choice, protect homeschooling, expand trade programs, and restore real education: reading, writing, math, science, and American civics.

She will ban radical gender ideology, stop the sexualization of children, and end dangerous “gender-affirming care” for minors. As a healthcare professional, Hope knows kids can’t consent to life-altering medical experiments.

Hope will always stand with parents, protect childhood innocence, and return control of education to local communities, not woke bureaucrats or activist teachers.

Defending Constitutional Rights and Western Values

Hope Scheppelman is a constitutional conservative and proud America First patriot who will never back down from defending our Constitution, faith, and freedoms. The Constitution is sacred, not optional, and she’ll fight every day to protect it from globalists and radical leftists.

Hope is unapologetically pro-Second Amendment, pro-life, and pro-liberty. She opposes red flag laws, gun registries, and unconstitutional mandates. The right to self-defense is God-given, and she’ll defend it without compromise.

She will fight for election integrity, religious freedom, and an end to the weaponization of agencies like the DOJ and FBI. She’ll protect the unborn, defend traditional values, and stand firm against woke overreach.

Hope stands for faith, family, freedom, and personal responsibility, the values that built the West. In Congress, she’ll be a bold voice for the Constitution and for the people of rural Colorado.

Honoring and Supporting United States Veterans

As a proud U.S. Navy veteran, Hope Scheppelman knows freedom isn’t free. In Congress, she’ll be a relentless advocate for our heroes fighting to fix the broken VA, expand rural care, and ensure veterans get the benefits they earned without red tape or delay.

Hope will prioritize mental health, tackle the veteran suicide crisis, and support treatment for PTSD, brain injuries, and substance abuse. She’ll strengthen job training, expand the GI Bill, and back veteran-led businesses to ensure a strong transition to civilian life. Hope stands for full accountability at the VA, whistleblower protections, and support for military families. She’ll always put veterans first, because America owes them everything

Strengthening the Rural Economy and Small Business Growth

Hope Scheppelman knows firsthand that rural Colorado is the backbone of our state and our country. Hope Scheppelman knows rural Colorado is the backbone of America. As a former business owner, she’ll fight to unleash rural prosperity by cutting taxes, slashing regulations, and eliminating the death tax. She’ll expand access to small business loans, stop government waste, and get Washington out of the way.

Hope will prioritize rural infrastructure, roads, bridges, broadband, and water systems, not urban pet projects. She’ll return land use control to local communities, stop federal land grabs, and stand up to radical environmentalists and ESG mandates that threaten rural families.

She will:

  • End federal barriers to rural job creation
  • Promote skilled trades and apprenticeships
  • Support innovation in agriculture, energy, forestry, and tourism
  • Fight woke policies tied to federal funding

Hope is committed to building a future where rural Coloradans can live, work, and thrive without leaving home. In Congress, she’ll make sure rural America, not D.C. elites, sets our economic course.