$39.8M award to create a Southwestern partnership of community colleges and universities – including CU Boulder – national labs, and private sector partners WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet applauded an announcement of over $39.8...
Press Releases
Hickenlooper: House Republicans Using Seniors, Our Military as Hostages Over Demands for Government Spending
House Republicans are seeking to defund law enforcement, disrupt Medicare service for seniors, make it easier for the wealthy to cheat on their taxes, increase rural energy costs, take preschool away from 80,000 children in Head Start, eliminate 20,000 Housing Choice...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fight Climate Change, Remove Carbon Pollution from Atmosphere
Directs federal agencies to boost carbon dioxide removal solutions WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, and six of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Carbon Dioxide Removal Research and Development...
ICYMI: Hickenlooper Talks Future of Work with Axios
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, last week, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper appeared at an Axios Live event with Axios Today’s Niala Boodhoo to discuss the future of the workforce, apprenticeships, and the emerging role of AI. Watch HERE, or see highlights...
Hickenlooper Welcomes Expedited Update to Wolf Reintroduction Policy
Hickenlooper called on USFWS to embrace flexible management capabilities for the ranching community WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s final environmental impact statement and draft decision to...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Celebrate Renaming of Mount Blue Sky
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet applauded the U.S. Board of Geographic Names’ official decision to change the name of Colorado’s Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. “We must better face the dark history of the Sand Creek...
Hickenlooper, Peters Introduce BIG WIRES Act to Reform Permitting, Lower Energy Costs
Bill would establish requirements to make electric grid more reliable and resilient WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and Representative Scott Peters introduced the Building Integrated Grids With Inter-Regional Energy Supply (BIG...
ICYMI: Hickenlooper Hosts Town Hall with AARP to Celebrate Medicare Negotiating Drug Prices
Thanks to the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare finally has the ability to negotiate prescription drug prices Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined a public Town Hall with AARP members to celebrate lower drug prices for Medicare recipients....
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Good Samaritans Clean Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to reintroduce the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act. This legislation would make it easier for “Good...
GIDDY UP-DATE NEWSLETTER: Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors!
Hey Colorado, In case you missed it: Medicare released the list of the first ten drugs they're going to negotiate prices on. Folks, this is HUGE. See, Medicare, the largest buyer of prescription drugs in the United States, has never been allowed to...