Press Releases
Hickenlooper, Neguse, Bennet Raise Concerns Over Forest Service Proposal to Lease Nearly 14,000 Acres for Potential Oil and Gas Development
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse wrote a letter opposing the proposed lease of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands in Routt and Moffat Counties to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Forest...
New Report: Trump’s War is Driving Up Diesel Prices for Colorado Farmers
On average, CO farmers have spent $1,680 more in 2026 to fill up their fuel tanks than last year WASHINGTON – As President Trump's war with Iran continues to escalate, Colorado farmers are paying the price at the pump. According to a new report by the Joint Economic...
Hickenlooper Introduces Bill to Hold Federal Law Enforcement Accountable
Legislation comes as ICE and their contractors shot multiple people, killing two in Aurora WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined Senator Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost in introducing the Right to Record Act, a bill to...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Deschedule Marijuana, End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis
Legislation comes after the administration announced plans to reclassify marijuana to Schedule III WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 15 of their Senate colleagues to reintroduce their Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Hurd Introduce Bill to Protect Glenwood Hot Springs From Mine Expansion
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Congressman Jeff Hurd introduced the bipartisan Glenwood Hot Springs Protection Act to prevent the Department of the Interior (DOI) from expanding the Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry. The bill...