Hickenlooper’s permitting reform bills would build on this progress toward energy independence WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the Department of Energy’s (DOE) rule to streamline the environmental review and permitting process for new...
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Hickenlooper Nominates 64 of Colorado’s ‘Best and Brightest’ for U.S. Service Academies
Service academies to notify nominees on final decisions in coming weeks WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the 64 Colorado students he nominated to attend a U.S. service academy. “Our military service academies prepare the next generation of...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Deschedule Marijuana, End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis
Legislation comes after DEA recently rescheduled marijuana from Schedule I to a Schedule III classification WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 16 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Cannabis...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, DeGette, Neguse Welcome Over $32 Million for Colorado Lead Pipe Replacement
Funding awarded from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Representatives Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of $32.8 million to help...
ICYMI: Hickenlooper Visits Naturita and Grand Junction to Hear from Locals on Proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently traveled to Naturita and Grand Junction to hold two listening sessions on the proposal to establish a national monument to protect 400,000 acres of the Dolores River corridor and surrounding lands....
Hickenlooper, Lummis, Wyden, Introduce Bills to Extend Drought Relief, Water Monitoring Programs
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Lummis, and Ron Wyden introduced two bipartisan bills to extend existing programs to continue important water management programs and address long-term drought in the West. The Drought Preparedness Act and...
Hickenlooper, Bennet Urge Buttigieg to Support Colorado Following Blue Mesa Bridge Closure
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet urged U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg to deploy all available resources following the closure of U.S. Highway 50, a critical East-West corridor for Colorado. With...
Hickenlooper, Colleagues Urge Speaker to Extend RECA Program for Uranium Mining, Atomic Testing Affected
RECA Act Passed Senate in March With Bipartisan Support WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately hold a vote on the Radiation Exposure Compensation...
Hickenlooper, Blackburn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Music Tourism
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Marsha Blackburn introduced the bipartisan American Music Tourism Act to support and increase music tourism by requiring the Commerce Department to implement a plan to increase and attract domestic and...
Hickenlooper, Bipartisan Colleagues Push DEA to Swiftly Reschedule Marijuana
“It is time for the DEA to make good on the President’s Commitments” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and 21 of his congressional colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Drug Enforcement Administration urging the agency...
