Bill would return former Chemical Depot land to Pueblo WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet cheered the inclusion of their Promoting Utilization and Economic Benefits from Land Optimization (PUEBLO) Act in the Fiscal...
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Hickenlooper, Bennet, Neguse, Pettersen Statement on USPS Inspector General’s Report on Mail Service in Colorado Mountain Towns
Lawmakers Urge USPS To Implement Report’s Recommendations Immediately WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Colorado U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse and Brittany Pettersen released the following statement on the U.S. Postal...
Hickenlooper Leads Letter Calling for “Fleet Leveling” to Preserve Air National Guard’s Fighter Capability
WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall urging the use of “fleet leveling” – balancing fighters across active duty, Air National Guard (ANG), and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Polis Welcome $22 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for I-25 Wildlife Overpass in Colorado
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...
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...