Rep. Jeff Hurd consistently supported federal spending cuts, emphasizing the importance of government efficiency and targeting reductions particularly in areas like the federal workforce and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives (CPR News; Durango Herald).
Hurd called for responsible and targeted budget cuts, warning against indiscriminate reductions that could threaten essential local services or frontline positions, and advocated for spending oversight and accountability (Montrose Daily Press; Durango Herald).
He expressed strong views that the federal government is "too big," regularly voicing support for reducing the size of the federal workforce---particularly in Washington, D.C., rather than local land management or frontline roles (Aspen Times; The Journal).
Hurd helped advance House budget resolutions focused on reducing federal spending and extending the 2017 tax cuts, while supporting certain increases for programs like women and children's health and military pay raises (Montrose Daily Press; Durango Herald).
He consistently highlighted fiscal responsibility as a priority, advocating for a balanced budget amendment, more transparent budget processes, and a return to ordinary appropriations to reduce dysfunction in Congress (CPR News; Alamosa News).
Potential vulnerability: Hurd faced community concerns and criticism regarding the impact of federal workforce cuts, especially on local services and certain federal employee firings, expressing some disagreement with broad or unintended consequences (Durango Herald; The Journal).
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Supported DOGE's Federal Spending Cuts, Especially DEI Cuts In an interview with CPR News, Rep. Jeff Hurd said, "I support the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) efforts to cut federal spending, especially cuts to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts." [Interview - Rep. Jeff Hurd with CPR News, 2/27/25]
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Stated Support for Government Efficiency and Waste Reduction In an interview with CPR News, Rep. Jeff Hurd said, "[...] this idea of efficiency and reigning in waste and unnecessary spending is something that I support. Now, we do need to be smart about it though, Ryan. We can't just be using a meat cleaver, so to speak, to cut through programs that I think affect people in my district specifically, so we need to be careful and strategic in how we address those cuts." [Interview - Rep. Jeff Hurd with CPR News, 2/27/25]
2024: Jeff Hurd Supported Efforts For Government Efficiency And Spending Cuts According to Colorado Newsline, 'Trump also said he will have tech billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, an effort to cut government spending and federal workforce. Hurd said the idea is encouraging and that he's curious to see what the pair leading the effort proposes. Making government more efficient and cutting spending are "two very important priorities" in the coming years, he said.' [Colorado Newsline, 12/27/24]
September 2024: Hurd Supported Lowering Government Spending To Address Inflation And High Costs According to Durango Herald, "Both candidates want to lower government spending in response to Americans feeling the effects of high inflation and high costs of living." [Durango Herald, 9/24/24]
September 2024: Jeff Hurd Agreed To Lower Government Spending According to Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, CO), "Both candidates want to lower government spending in response to Americans feeling the effects of high inflation and high costs of living." [Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, CO), 9/24/24]
Hurd Stated Congressional Spending Should Be Carefully Monitored According to Durango Herald, 'I think congressionally directed spending has a role in good governance, but we need to be careful stewards about taxpayer dollars,' Hurd said. [Durango Herald (Colorado), 10/2/24]
2024: Jeff Hurd Expressed Interest In Government Efficiency And Spending Cuts Proposed By Trump According to Montrose Daily Press, "Hurd said the idea is encouraging and that he's curious to see what the pair leading the effort proposes. Making government more efficient and cutting spending are 'two very important priorities' in the coming years, he said." [Montrose Daily Press (Colorado), 12/28/24]
February 2025: Hurd's Office Confirmed His Input On Budget Resolution With Narrow GOP Majority According to The Journal, 'A spokesperson for Hurd's office said with a two-seat majority, every Republican had the opportunity to provide input on the resolution, including Hurd.' [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 2/27/25]
2/27/25: Jeff Hurd Voted For House Budget Resolution Aimed At Federal Spending Cuts And Extending 2017 Tax Cuts According to Montrose Daily Press, "The bill passed as narrowly as possible, 217-215, receiving a 'yes' vote from Rep. Jeff Hurd, the Grand Junction Republican representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District." [Montrose Daily Press, 2/28/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Expressed Support For Maximizing Efficiency In Government Spending According to Montrose Daily Press, '"I certainly will be in favor of things that economize increased efficiency, that maximize the spend of our health care dollars, but that's also not specific to health care; it's also more broadly in the economy making sure we are not wasting dollars when we spend them and that the government treats the money that comes into it just as importantly as those who have earned it."' [Montrose Daily Press, 2/28/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Expressed Sympathy But Cautioned On Federal Workforce Cuts Impact According to Durango Herald, "Hurd said in an interview with 'Colorado Matters' on Friday that there were people in his district he wished hadn't lost their jobs. After the address, Hurd said he was 'sympathetic' to the president's goal to make government more efficient, but that 'we have to do it the right way.'" [Durango Herald, 3/5/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Targeted Federal Workforce Cuts, Not Cuts To Local Land Managers According to The Journal, "'It's not the land managers on the ground in western Colorado and southern Colorado that should be cut,' he said. '... It should be the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., that are seeing their ranks trimmed.'" [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 3/12/25]
March 2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Voted For House Budget Resolution To Extend Tax Cuts And Reduce Spending According to Durango Herald, "Rep. Jeff Hurd, the Republican representing Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, who voted for the budget resolution, expressed support last week at a virtual town hall for exploring 'work requirements.'" [Durango Herald, 3/23/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Asserted Federal Government Is Too Big According to a letter to the editor published in Aspen Times, "In his letter, he said, 'I wholeheartedly agree our federal government has become too big.'" [Letter to the Editor - Aspen Times (Colorado), 4/10/25]
2025: Cynthia Wutchiett Quoted Jeff Hurd's Criticism of Federal Workforce Size According to a letter to the editor published in Post Independent, "In his letter, he said, '...I wholeheartedly agree our federal government has become too big...'" [Letter to the Editor - Post Independent, 4/11/25]
2025: Cynthia Wutchiett Stated Jeff Hurd Supported Reducing Federal Workforce According to a letter to the editor published in Post Independent, "Apparently, Congressman Hurd agrees with President Trump and Co-President Elon Musk that the current civilian federal workforce of approximately 3 million has grown in recent times and needs to be reduced." [Letter to the Editor - Post Independent, 4/11/25]
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Supported Cuts to Federal Workforce According to a letter to the editor published in The Journal, "I am writing in response to a letter Rep. Jeff Hurd recently sent to constituents regarding cuts to the federal workforce. In his letter he said, 'I wholeheartedly agree our federal government has become too big.'" [Letter to the Editor - The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 4/16/25]
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Called The Federal Government 'Too Big' According to a letter to the editor published in Durango Herald, "In his letter he said, 'I wholeheartedly agree our federal government has become too big.'" [Letter to the Editor - Durango Herald, 4/20/25]
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Endorsed Cutting The Federal Workforce According to a letter to the editor published in Durango Herald, "this is an incredibly important point because Rep. Hurd's premise of a growing federal workforce that has become too big drives his claim that we need to reduce the size of the government." [Letter to the Editor - Durango Herald, 4/20/25]
April 2025: Hurd Called For Reducing 'Out Of Control' Federal Spending While Preserving Medicaid Effectiveness According to Pueblo Chieftain, "However, Hurd also said that 'out of control' spending needs to be rolled back in a broad sense and that any changes to Medicaid must ensure funds are being spent most effectively." [Pueblo Chieftain, 4/25/25]
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Called For Better Congressional Oversight on Federal Spending In an interview with CPR News, Rep. Jeff Hurd said, "A lot of times what's happening is Congress will appropriate these monies to agencies and then the agencies, the executive branch will spend those monies in ways that I don't think Congress always has oversight on, and you know, that's to Congress's discredit. I mean, I think we need to do a better job of supervising how these dollars are spent." [Interview - Rep. Jeff Hurd with CPR News, 2/27/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Targeted Federal Workforce Cuts According to Durango Herald, "While he supports the president's efforts to find efficiencies, he said cuts must be more targeted. 'It's not the land managers on the ground in western Colorado and southern Colorado that should be cut,' he said.'...It should be the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., that are seeing their ranks trimmed.'" [Durango Herald, 3/12/25]
February 2025: Hurd Voiced Support For Government Efficiency But Cautioned Against Cutting Services According to Montrose Daily Press, "I am sympathetic to and understand the administration's and President Trump's desire to streamline and economize and make government more efficient," Hurd told the commissioners. "When we do that, though, we need to make sure that the streamlining that's taking place and the savings that we're looking at don't come at the cost of delivering services to the people that rely on those services." [Montrose Daily Press, 2/28/25]
April 2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Government Efficiency And Cost Savings According to The Journal, 'My big picture take is that I support the president's efforts with DOGE and making government more efficient,' Hurd said. 'We can realize dramatic savings, we just need to make sure they're in the right spots.' [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 4/22/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Expressed Support For Making Government More Efficient Through DOGE Initiatives According to Durango Herald, '"My big picture take is that I support the president's efforts with DOGE and making government more efficient," Hurd said. "We can realize dramatic savings, we just need to make sure they're in the right spots."' [Durango Herald, 4/22/25]
2024: Hurd Labeled National Debt A 'Bipartisan Disgrace' According to Denver Gazette, "Hurd called the national debt a 'bipartisan disgrace' that Congress is loading up for 'our children and grandchildren with debt that is going to be crippling them.' Hurd said Democrats and Republicans need to come together when it comes to the issue of spending. When asked which programs he would cut, he said he believes no one program should take a significant hit. Instead, all programs should be reduced to start lowering the spending curve, he said." [Denver Gazette, 10/1/24]
February 2025: Jeff Hurd Stated The Budget Resolution Was An 'Opening Framework' According to The Journal, "Hurd posted a video statement on the social platform X Thursday evening, clarifying that the budget resolution is just an 'opening framework' and that he will be 'fighting to make sure that the voices of Colorado's third district are heard.'" [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 2/27/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Cited Congress's Narrow Majority As A Challenge For Passing Detailed Budget Cuts According to Montrose Daily Press, '"This is a historically narrow majority we have here in Congress. There is not a lot of leeway when it comes to advancing the budget going forward. We'll have to wait and see. I hesitate to make predictions about things that are this complicated. I would say I'm cautiously optimistic that we can get to a solution that will lead to a majority in the House and this ultimate reconciliation bill passing through the House," Hurd said.' [Montrose Daily Press, 2/28/25]
2024: Jeff Hurd Called for Congress to Return to Ordinary Budget Processes and Reduce Dysfunction In an interview with Courier reporter, Jeff Hurd said, "We need to get back to ordinary budgeting, like separate appropriations bills. I share frustration with the dysfunction, and I don't want to increase the tension. I want to decrease it." [Interview - Jeff Hurd with Courier reporter, 6/24/24]
2024: Hurd Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment And Transparent Budgeting For Congress According to CPR News, "Enforce Fiscal Discipline: Congress must address the national debt and runaway spending. I support implementing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, requiring Congress to spend within its means. Additionally, adopting a more transparent budget process that eliminates wasteful spending and encourages long-term planning would help restore fiscal responsibility." [CPR News, 10/14/24]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Backed The Continuing Resolution In The House According to The Journal, "Colorado's 3rd Congressional District Rep. Jeff Hurd joined House Republicans on Tuesday in passing the CR. [...] Hurd backed the bill in the House, saying the most important thing was to keep the government open." [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 3/14/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Cited Bill's $7 Billion Decrease In Spending As Positive According to The Journal, "He noted the $7 billion decrease in spending, which 'in the overall scheme of things is small, but certainly it's a step in the right direction.'" [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 3/14/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Vowed Oversight On Federal Spending Cuts According to The Journal, "While some people worry the bill could make way for more drastic cuts to federal spending and the federal workforce -- including those that have roiled Southwest Colorado -- Hurd said he will be 'a voice for making sure that any of those efficiencies are done in the right spot.'" [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 3/14/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Expressed Support For Effective Taxpayer Spending According to The Journal, "I know the president and this team are looking to see ways that we can more effectively spend taxpayer dollars, and that's something that I support completely," he said. "We have to see exactly what this process looks like and how it unfolds and then evaluate at that point." [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 3/14/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Continuing Resolution To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Durango Herald, "Colorado's 3rd Congressional District Rep. Jeff Hurd joined House Republicans on Tuesday in passing the CR. [...] Hurd backed the bill in the House, saying the most important thing was to keep the government open." [Durango Herald, 3/14/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Highlighted CR's $7 Billion Decrease In Spending According to Durango Herald, "He noted the $7 billion decrease in spending, which 'in the overall scheme of things is small, but certainly it's a step in the right direction.'" [Durango Herald, 3/14/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Pledged To Advocate For Responsible Federal Spending Cuts According to Durango Herald, "Hurd said he will be 'a voice for making sure that any of those efficiencies are done in the right spot.' [...] 'We have to see exactly what this process looks like and how it unfolds and then evaluate at that point.'" [Durango Herald, 3/14/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Effective Use Of Taxpayer Dollars According to Durango Herald, "I know the president and this team are looking to see ways that we can more effectively spend taxpayer dollars, and that's something that I support completely," he said. [Durango Herald, 3/14/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Voiced Disagreement With Certain Federal Employee Firings According to The Journal, "Hurd told Colorado Matters that there were cuts he disagreed with and some workers he wished hadn't been fired." [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 4/7/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Expressed Disagreement With Firings Of Federal Employees By Trump Administration According to Durango Herald, 'Later, after facing pressure from constituents -- who turned out in the hundreds at several local events -- to speak out about firings of federal employees, among other issues, Hurd told Colorado Matters that there were cuts he disagreed with and some workers he wished hadn't been fired.' [Durango Herald, 4/7/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Expressed Disagreement With Broad Federal Firings Under Trump According to Durango Herald, "after facing pressure from constituents [...] Hurd told Colorado Matters that there were cuts he disagreed with and some workers he wished weren't fired." [Durango Herald (Colorado), 4/7/25]
2025: Rep. Jeff Hurd Asserted Grants With Federal Contractual Commitments Should Be Funded In an interview with CPR News, Rep. Jeff Hurd said, "Contracts have been made by a number of these governmental entities, tribal entities, water conservancy districts. When there's a commitment that's been made based on an expectation that federal dollars will flow, that's something that I do think those projects should probably be funded. I don't think it is good for our communities, for our governments to not know with certainty what contracts they can enter into or not." [Interview - Rep. Jeff Hurd with CPR News, 2/27/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Prioritized Forest Service, BLM, And Veterans Services Amid Budget Cuts According to Durango Herald, "I've shared some of my concerns about what we've seen, particularly in the 3rd Congressional District, and we are working with the White House to see what we can do, particularly when it comes to ... things like (the U.S.) Forest Service, BLM, veterans services. Those sorts of things are top priorities for me." [Durango Herald, 3/5/25]
April 2025: Jennifer McGavin Urged Protesters To Continue Asking Hurd To Support Public Funding For The Western Slope According to Delta County Independent, 'McGavin called on protesters Saturday to continue asking Hurd "to look out for his constituents." "Tell him we can't afford to defund education and we can't afford to defund the Western Slope," she said. "Government is for the people and by the people."' [Delta County Independent (Colorado), 4/10/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Criticized Cuts To Wildland Firefighter Support Staff But Not Frontline Positions According to Durango Herald, '"There have, however, been cuts to some who support our wildland firefighters and help manage the forest and reduce that fuel load," said Hurd. "The individuals we should be cutting are not the ones on the ground ... managing our forests and supporting our forests."' [Durango Herald, 4/22/25]
March 2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Increased Funding For Women And Children's Health And Military Pay Raises According to The Journal, "He also said he liked that the bill increased funding for a women and children's health program and included pay raises for some members of the military." [The Journal (Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Colorado), 3/14/25]
2025: Jeff Hurd Supported Increased Funding For Women And Children's Health And Military Pay Raises According to Durango Herald, "He also said he liked that the bill increased funding for a women and children's health program and included pay raises for some members of the military." [Durango Herald, 3/14/25]