Largest investment in our nation’s infrastructure in a century is already funding critical projects across Colorado to improve our roads, deliver clean drinking water, expand broadband to every household, modernize our airports, and more WASHINGTON – Today, U.S....
Press Releases
Hickenlooper, Bennet Urge Biden Administration Officials to Address Unsustainable Working Conditions and Increase Pay at FCI Englewood
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet called on Director of Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Colette S. Peters and Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Kiran Ahuja to address understaffing and unsustainable working conditions at the...
Hickenlooper, Colleagues Push Biden Administration to Address West Bank Settler Violence
Letter comes in response to incidents of settler violence and harassment of Palestinians in the West Bank WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently joined six of his Senate colleagues in pressing the Biden administration to strengthen diplomatic efforts to...
GIDDY UP-DATE NEWSLETTER: A few words on Gaza
Hi folks. U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper here. After the horrific terrorist attack last month, Israel launched a campaign against Hamas – the Iranian-backed terrorist group responsible for the hostage-taking and massacre of innocent civilians. The...
Hickenlooper Hires Azarel Madrigal in San Luis Valley
Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator John Hickenlooper announced Azarel Madrigal, formerly Executive Director of the First Southwest Community Fund, as his Regional Director in the San Luis Valley. “Azarel knows Southern Colorado – its people, its unique issues, its...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Applaud Nearly $10M in BIL Funding for Abandoned Mine Cleanup in Colorado Communities
Resources will address legacy pollution, create jobs WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet applauded $9.9 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety...
Final Gray Wolf Reintroduction Rule Heeds Hickenlooper Call for Flexibility
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Final Record of Decision (ROD) to create more flexibility for gray wolf management under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act. The 10(j) rule will...
Hickenlooper Cheers Improvements to Wireless Emergency Alert System
Hickenlooper has advocated for changes since devastating 2021 Marshall Fire WASHINGTON – Today, U.S Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent adoption of a rule to make the federal emergency alert system more reliable...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Push Biden Administration to Require Insurers to Fully Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control
Need for accessible, affordable contraception has escalated in wake of Dobbs decision WASHINGTON – This week, U.S Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 46 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter urging the Biden...
Hickenlooper Cheers Senate Passage of Bipartisan Bills to Clear Space Trash, Modernize Space Launches
Hickenlooper’s ORBITS Act and Launch Communications Act passed the Senate unanimously WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the unanimous Senate passage of his bipartisan Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act and bipartisan Launch Communications...