12% cut to NIH budget in Colorado could lead to loss of 837 jobs, $200 million in economic activity WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper highlighted the ongoing threat to scientific research in Colorado following release of the White House’s 2027 budget...
Press Releases
WATCH: Hickenlooper Fights Trump’s Attacks on Colorado’s Clean Air
Hickenlooper: “The Trump administration thinks we must choose between clean air and affordable energy. But Colorado has shown that’s a false choice.” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper took to the Senate floor to urge lawmakers to support his...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Neguse, Pettersen, Krishnamoorthi Introduce Bill to Override Trump Rejection of Disaster Relief
WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet together with U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse, Brittney Pettersen, and Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced legislation that would allow Congress to override a Presidential denial of federal disaster...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Padilla, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Vote-by-Mail from Trump’s Attacks
Legislation comes after Senate Democrats blocked the president’s voter suppression bill, SAVE Act WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet, Alex Padilla, and 35 of their colleagues, introduced the Mail and Absentee Voter Protection Act to block...
Hickenlooper, Marshall Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Support More Workforce Training, Strengthen State Data
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Roger Marshall reintroduced the bipartisan Workforce Data Enhancement Act to improve how we track workforce data across states. Specifically, it would make Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI) grant funding...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Hurd Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Clean Drinking Water for Western Tribal Communities
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet along with Representatives Jeff Hurd and Brittany Pettersen introduced the Western Tribal Water Act to prioritize funding for drinking water projects in Tribal communities in the Upper Colorado...
Hickenlooper, Senate Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fight Tax Evasion by Wealthiest Americans and Corporations
The Stop Cheaters Act would raise an estimated $998 billion in net revenue over a ten-year period WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently joined 26 of his Senate colleagues to introduce the Stop Corporations and High Earners from Avoiding Taxes and...
Hickenlooper Votes Against Republicans’ ICE Funding Bill that Does Nothing to Lower Prices
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement after he voted NO on Republicans’ Senate budget bill that would authorize an additional $70 billion for President Trump’s lawless immigration enforcement instead of addressing the...
VIDEO: Hickenlooper Celebrates Earth Day, Warns of Trump Attacks on Climate, Science
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following video across his social media platforms to celebrate Earth Day: Watch Hickenlooper’s video on X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube “As Coloradans, we know...
Hickenlooper Statement on Iran War Powers Vote
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement after voting in favor of the Iran War Powers Resolution in the Senate: “This war is a Shakespearean tragedy on a global scale. American lives have been lost. The world...
