WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet alongside Governor Jared Polis and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse called on U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack...
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Hickenlooper, Colleagues Urge Department of Education to Address FAFSA Rollout Issues
WASHINGTON – Recently, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Bernie Sanders, and Patty Murray, along with 35 other senators, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the department to urgently address the significant delays and...
Hickenlooper, Colleagues Support Ongoing Negotiations for Release of Hostages, Ceasefire in Gaza
Letter urges continued diplomatic negotiations until mutual ceasefire is restored to release hostages and address dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and 24 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to...
Hickenlooper Celebrates Bipartisan FEND Off Fentanyl Act Passing Senate
Bill would crack down on illicit fentanyl trafficking, target criminal financing WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper-supported and bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act passed the Senate last week as part of the...
Hickenlooper Celebrates Colorado’s NSF Engine Funding at CSU Fort Collins
CO-WY Climate Resilience Engine will receive up to $15M for two years Eligible to receive up to $160M over 10 years FORT COLLINS – Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the recent U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) designation of the...
ICYMI: MIT, Columbia, EPI Laud Hickenlooper’s BIG WIRES as Transmission Solution
MIT: ‘BIG WIRES Act leads to annual system cost savings of $330 million [to] $2.46 billion’, Columbia: ‘BIG WIRES Act could set in motion an expansion in transmission capability unprecedented in speed and scope’ Energy and Policy Institute: Interregional transmission...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Celebrate Over $40 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Funds for Colorado Airports
Funding will go toward terminal upgrades at Colorado’s busiest airports WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet celebrated $40.6 million in new funding from the Department of Transportation’s Airport Terminal Program to make...
Hickenlooper Meets Local Leaders, Migrants in Denver, Aurora, to Address GOP’s Immigration Obstruction
Hickenlooper: 'The federal government can’t expect the local communities to bear the full brunt [of this crisis].’ DENVER – Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper met with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, local elected officials, migrants, and community leaders to...
ICYMI: Hickenlooper Charts Path for AI Regulation
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently took several actions to sketch a vision for the regulation of AI. On Monday, Hickenlooper proposed a framework for federal AI regulation at the Silicon Flatirons Flagship Conference. Hickenlooper’s...
Hickenlooper-Championed Affordable Internet Program Reaches 250,000 Households, But Expires Soon Without Action
1 in 9 households in Colorado benefit from program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Coloradans received over $122 million, saving $7 million each month Without long-term sustainable funding, millions of Americans’ internet access will be cut off ...