Douglas County’s Greenland Wildlife Overpass Project Selected as One of 19 Wildlife Crossings Funded Nationwide WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Colorado Governor Jared Polis welcomed $22 million from the U.S. Department of...
Press Releases
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Neguse Welcome Over $9 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Advance Wildfire Resilience in Colorado
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse announced that throughout Fiscal Year 2023, the Department of the Interior has invested over $9.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to advance...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Call on EPA to More Accurately Track Methane Emissions, Fight Climate Change
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urging incorporation of methane emission data from advanced measurement technologies and “top-down” data,...
Hickenlooper, King Call for Protection of IRS’ Ability to Fight Rich Tax Cheats
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Angus King sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell urging the preservation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in FY24 funding....
Hickenlooper, HELP Committee Invite Pharmaceutical CEOs to Testify on High Costs of Rx Drugs
WASHINGTON – Recently, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) in inviting CEOs from major pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb to testify before...
GIDDY UP-DATE NEWSLETTER: Two Years of our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law!
Folks, we just celebrated a BIG milestone! This week we marked the two year anniversary of our historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law! With shovels already in the ground, over $5.6 BILLION in projects have been announced for Colorado so far – with...
Hickenlooper, Bipartisan Group Introduce AI Bill to Strengthen Accountability, Boost Innovation
Legislation would create targeted guardrails for high-risk AI applications WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee colleagues John Thune, Amy Klobuchar, Roger Wicker, Shelley Moore Capito, and...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Pass Measure Protecting Space Command Decision from Alabama Efforts to Reverse
Hickenlooper’s measure, supported by Bennet, passed as an instruction to the committee drafting final version of annual defense bill Measure conveys Senate opposition to efforts to limit funding for Space Command HQ WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators John...
Hickenlooper, Cramer Introduce Legislation to Phase Out Country Caps on Employment-Based Visas, Fill Gaps in Workforce
Wait times for employment-based visas can stretch years, decades WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Kevin Cramer recently introduced a bill making it easier for American employers to hire immigrants to fill critical workforce gaps, regardless of their...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Introduce Resolution to Honor Club Q Victims One Year After Mass Shooting
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet introduced a resolution to honor the victims of the tragic anti-LGBTQ+ attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs last year. “The Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ community lost a safe space and five innocent lives in a...