Press Releases
Hickenlooper Welcomes Release of $40 Million in Federal Funding for Shoshone Permanency Project to Address Colorado River Crisis
Follows a nearly year and a half delay for a key Colorado River “Bucket 2” water project Unfrozen funding comes after Hickenlooper highlighted the pressing need for these projects in a Senate ENR Hearing with Secretary Burgum Senators continue pushing to release...
Hickenlooper Plans Amendment to Block Tina Peters Payout From Trump’s $1.8B Slush Fund
Hickenlooper’s amendment would prevent Trump from giving a single taxpayer dollar to Tina Peters WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper announced he plans to introduce an amendment to the Republicans’ reconciliation bill that would prohibit...
WATCH: Hickenlooper Hammers Prediction Markets on Insider Trading, Corruption in Senate Hearing
Ranking Member Hickenlooper: “There are clear risks to our national security when there’s inside information being leaked out. This shouldn’t be happening.” Hickenlooper has demanded the CFTC rein in prediction markets as they circumvent state laws WASHINGTON...
Hickenlooper, Reed Call on CFTC to Prohibit Margin Trading on Prediction Markets
WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Jack Reed sent a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig to prohibit prediction markets from allowing margin trading in connection with event contracts, particularly for...
Hickenlooper Votes Against Trump’s BLM Nominee
Today, Hickenlooper wrote an op-ed in the Denver Post about the threat Steve Pearce poses to our public lands, environment Hickenlooper was the first Senator to publicly oppose Steve Pearce’s nomination to lead BLM WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper...