WASHINGTON – This week, in the wake of recent reports that migrant children are being exploited for their labor, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Alex Padilla sent a letter to the CEOs of 27 major companies accused of wrongdoing, demanding they take immediate...
Press Releases
Hickenlooper, Lummis, Hirono, Mullin Introduce Bill to Give Native American Small Businesses a Seat at the SBA Table
Bill would establish an Associate Administrator position and dedicates funding at SBA’s Office of Native American Affairs WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Lummis, Mazie Hirono, and Markwayne Mullin introduced legislation to increase the...
Hickenlooper, Risch, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Increase Small Business Capital
Bill seeks to diversify access to investment capital from beyond Boston, New York, and Silicon Valley businesses to more rural, underserved businesses WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Jim Risch, and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced the MicroCap...
VIDEO: Hickenlooper Presses Starbucks ex-CEO Schultz on Workers’ Right to Unionize
Employees at four Colorado Starbucks locations joined nationwide strike this week For Full Video of His Remarks, Click HERE. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper today pressed former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on the company’s reluctance to recognize...
Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Rural Internet Access
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined Senators Amy Klobuchar, John Thune, and Jerry Moran to introduce a bill to expand internet access in rural communities. The Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act would improve the funding structure for the...
GIDDY UP-DATE NEWSLETTER: Uinta Basin Railway Project
Hey folks – let's talk about the Uinta Basin Railway Project. As you know, many Colorado communities have raised concerns about this project, which could send as many as 5 crude oil trains a day through our state – traversing more than 100 miles alongside the...
ICYMI: Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers Shares New Details of Trump Interference in Space Command HQ Decision
Suthers: “Senator Hickenlooper suggested that it may be important for me to weigh in and relate these conversations because they do clearly show that it was [Trump’s] perspective, this was gonna be a political decision” Colorado Springs Gazette: “Colorado Sen. John...
Hickenlooper, Bennet 36 Colleagues Urge Pentagon to Consider Abortion Access in Basing Decisions
After Dobbs decision, 40 percent of women serving in the military have limited or no access to reproductive health care where they are stationed WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, alongside U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Mazie...
Hickenlooper, Blackburn Lead Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Rural Health Care
Rural Health Innovation Act establishes a grant program for rural health providers to increase staffing, hours, critical technology, and equipment WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Marsha Blackburn introduced the Rural Health Innovation Act, a bill that...
Hickenlooper Joins Bipartisan Effort to Stop Seasonal Worker Visa Price Hike
H-2A and H-2B temporary visas are critical for small businesses, resorts, farms, and more across Colorado WASHINGTON– Last week, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined a bipartisan group of 10 senators in urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary...