“When this crazy liberal from Denver and this libertarian from El Paso County sit in front of you, that means there is a legitimate community concern,” state Rep. Jennifer Bacon said.

“We want to see the project spill over into the neighboring community,” Thornton Councilman Justin Martinez said. “I want to see this development as a catalyst to further improvements to the area.”

The moment is a defining one for Congress.

The U.S.-Israeli operation has killed at least 555 people.

U.S. Central Command announced the deaths but didn’t say when and where they occurred.

“What we need to avoid is a race to attract data centers that turns into a race to the bottom,” an environmental group official says.

Several of Colorado’s top elected officials called for congressional intervention hours after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, with the state’s federal delegation reacting along party lines either suppo