Press Releases

Bureaucratic red tape prevented Regional Transportation District from getting back down payments on fully repaid federal loans Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee today passed a bipartisan provision introduced by U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper that will require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to quickly return $28.9 million, plus interest, for a deposit that RTD made on a federal

Bill would protect the right to choose, enshrining more than 50 years of precedent since Roe v. Wade into law Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined more than 200 of their Senate and House colleagues to introduce the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), bicameral federal legislation to guarantee equal access to abortion. The bill’s introduction comes as the Supreme Court prepares to hear

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and a bipartisan majority of senators today voted to confirm Regina Rodriguez to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. President Biden made Rodriguez one of his first judicial nominations after Hickenlooper and Senator Michael Bennet recommended her for the position.  “Regina Rodriguez’s family came to Colorado because our state took a stand

Tracy Stone-Manning would be first Senate-confirmed BLM director since 2017 Denver, Colorado – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper met today with Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Hickenlooper and Stone-Manning discussed several Colorado priorities, including restoring the BLM’s commitment to protecting public lands and maintaining the agency’s headquarters in Grand Junction.  “Tracy Stone-Manning values

Grants awarded through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund established by Congress earlier this year Washington, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and Small Business Administration head Isabella Guzman visited three small businesses along the Front Range to announce that 1,587 Colorado restaurants, bars, breweries, and food trucks have, to date, received more than $309 million in new federal relief to help them get

Bureaucratic red tape has prevented RTD from receiving its $28.9 million down payment on a fully repaid federal loan Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Congressman Ed Perlmutter introduced legislation requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to quickly return $28.9 million, plus interest, for a deposit that RTD made to secure a federal loan to redevelop Denver’s Union