Press Releases
Hickenlooper Nominates 64 of Colorado’s ‘Best and Brightest’ for U.S. Service Academies
Service academies to notify nominees on final decisions in coming weeks WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the 64 Colorado students he nominated to attend a U.S. service academy. “Our military service academies prepare the next generation of...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Deschedule Marijuana, End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis
Legislation comes after DEA recently rescheduled marijuana from Schedule I to a Schedule III classification WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 16 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Cannabis...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, DeGette, Neguse Welcome Over $32 Million for Colorado Lead Pipe Replacement
Funding awarded from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Representatives Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of $32.8 million to help...
ICYMI: Hickenlooper Visits Naturita and Grand Junction to Hear from Locals on Proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently traveled to Naturita and Grand Junction to hold two listening sessions on the proposal to establish a national monument to protect 400,000 acres of the Dolores River corridor and surrounding lands....
Hickenlooper, Lummis, Wyden, Introduce Bills to Extend Drought Relief, Water Monitoring Programs
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Lummis, and Ron Wyden introduced two bipartisan bills to extend existing programs to continue important water management programs and address long-term drought in the West. The Drought Preparedness Act and...