At a time when Americans have lost faith in Congress, most of Colorado’s delegation believes it is working together to get the work of the people done.

Five of the seven members of Colorado’s congressional delegation spoke Wednesday to an audience of business leaders in Denver at the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry’s off-year congressional luncheon.

Only U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, and Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, did not attend the event.

But the members who did show expressed frustration with a perception by the majority of Americans that Congress is dysfunctional and unable to work in a bipartisan fashion.

“One of the most aggravating things about being a fairly new member … in our delegation is every town hall that I go to, I hear the same question: ‘When are you guys going to get along?'” explained U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Greeley.

“Nothing can be further from the truth,” Buck continued.

He told a story of going to a restaurant in Longmont with U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, where they learned about how the private sector can work with the public sector on helping developmentally disabled people.

“The American people need to trust Congress more; the American people need to understand that … really everybody on both sides of the aisle go to Congress to do their very best for America,” Buck said.

Polis agreed that there can be moments when bipartisanship occurs. He pointed to his efforts on legalizing industrial hemp, which is gaining support on both sides of the aisle.

“I think we’ll get that across the finish line this session,” Polis said.

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Arvada, said he has been working across the aisle to secure funding for the aerospace industry with the goal of going to Mars. The aerospace industry has a large presence in Colorado.

“When it comes to things Colorado, our delegation really is pretty unified in advancing the interests of our state,” Perlmutter said.

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said he has been working with the delegation on ensuring that Buckley Air Force Base is awarded new F-35 fighter jets. He is urging the Air Force to pick Buckley as the home of the new fighter planes.

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, said that for a small delegation, Colorado’s representatives “lift above its weight.”

“When we look at the heart of the individuals that are there, there isn’t anyone in Washington on either political party that doesn’t have a good heart to try to move this country forward,” Tipton said. “Our solutions may be different, but the heart is in the right place.”