WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper joined 33 of his Senate colleagues to demand the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin immediately halt the Department’s efforts to take control of and weaken public trust in the 2026 midterm...
Press Releases
Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Public Lands, Taxpayers from Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet, Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff, Ben Ray Luján and U.S. Representative Yassamin Ansari introduced the Stop Orphaned Wells Act, which would prevent oil and gas companies from abandoning wells on public...
Hickenlooper, Curtis Celebrate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Improve Snowpack Monitoring, Manage Drought
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and John Curtis celebrated the Senate passage of their bipartisan bill, the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act, to help better predict and measure water supply to manage drought in the West....
Hickenlooper, Kelly, Gallego, Peters Call for Investigation Into Policies Preceding Knowles Firefighter Deaths
Senators seek answers following June deaths of four Rifle Helitack Crew firefighters WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) called on the Department of the Interior to...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Celebrate Passage of Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act
Bill transfers ownership of Crystal Reservoir to the City of Ouray WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet celebrated the Senate passage of their Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act, transferring ownership of the Crystal Reservoir and the...
Hickenlooper, Tillis, Rosen, Sheehy, Cramer, Lee, Fulcher Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Establish National Critical Minerals Council, Federal Strategy on Critical Minerals
U.S. is 100% reliant on imports for 16 critical minerals WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Thom Tillis, Jacky Rosen, Tim Sheehy, and Kevin Cramer, along with Representatives Susie Lee and Russ Fulcher, introduced the bipartisan National Critical...
Hickenlooper Celebrates Committee Passage of His Bipartisan Energy Bills
Hickenlooper led the Geo POWER Act and co-led the Earth MRI Act WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the Senate Energy and Natural Resource (ENR) Committee's passage of two Hickenlooper-led bipartisan bills. The committee passed...
Hickenlooper, Cassidy, Capito Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing October 2026 as National Dyslexia Awareness Month
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Bill Cassidy, and Shelley Moore Capito introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing October 2026 as National Dyslexia Awareness Month. “As someone with dyslexia, I know firsthand how important the right tools and...
Hickenlooper Statement on Republicans’ “Trojan Horse” Voter Suppression Tactic
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement after blocking a Republican bill that would restrict voting and allow insider trading to continue. “We blocked Republicans’ thinly veiled voter suppression bill outright earlier this...
Hickenlooper Statement on Republicans Sham Effort to Shield Americans from Data Centers Driving Up Energy Costs
Democrats pushed to strengthen the so-called Ratepayer Protection Act and require data centers to pay for grid updates WASHINGTON – As the Senate considers the Ratepayer Protection Act, today U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper criticized the measure as lacking teeth...
