Funding comes from the Department of Veterans Affairs Adaptive Sports Grant Program WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet welcomed over $1.6 million in federal funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for eight Colorado...
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Hickenlooper, Bennet, Neguse, Crow, Pettersen, DeGette Announce Support for Colorado River District’s Bid for Funding to Complete Shoshone Water Rights Purchase
Lawmakers call for Bureau of Reclamation to help Colorado’s Western Slope priorities through program created by Inflation Reduction Act WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse, Jason Crow, Brittany...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Resolution to Recognize Latina Equal Pay Day
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, along with 23 of their fellow senators, introduced a resolution to honor Latina Equal Pay Day. The resolution recognizes the disparity in wages paid to Latinas, the significance of equal pay, and its...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Welcome $170 Million in Funding for Access to Clean Water, Reliable Energy
13 Colorado projects in rural and tribal communities selected, investments will create thousands of jobs WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet celebrated the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) award of over $170 million to 13...
Hickenlooper’s Launch Communications Act Signed into Law
New law will modernize space launches, support space exploration WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Eric Schmitt celebrated the announcement that President Biden signed their bipartisan Launch Communications Act into law. The new law, which the...
Hickenlooper, Graham, Coons, Young, Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Advance Domestic Processing of Critical Materials
Legislation will cut reliance on China for critical minerals essential to our national security, energy, and emerging tech WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Lindsey Graham, Chris Coons, and Todd Young introduced the bipartisan Critical Materials Future...
Hickenlooper, Neguse, Lankford, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Automatically Waive Fees for Replacing Critical Documents after a Natural Disaster
Survivors of natural disasters like the Marshall Fire often have to pay thousands of dollars to replace documents necessary for rebuilding their lives WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, James Lankford, along with Representatives Joe Neguse and John...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Introduce Public Lands Bill to Protect Gunnison Basin and Surrounding Regions
Bill shaped by over a decade of deliberation with Western Colorado leaders and public land users Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet introduced the Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection (GORP) Act to permanently protect over 730,000...
VIDEO: Hickenlooper Chairs Senate Hearing on Training Workers on AI
Hickenlooper: “Now is the time to make sure every worker has access to the professional development training that they need to succeed” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper chaired a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee’s...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Introduce Legislation to Support Communities Affected by Gold King Mine Disaster
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet introduced the Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act to help communities in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona that were affected by the Gold King Mine disaster of 2015 fully recover....