Press Releases
Hickenlooper, Colleagues Slam Trump Admin’s Latest Effort to Dismantle the Department of Education
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined 35 Senate colleagues in a letter demanding U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon to reverse her recent decision to further dismantle the ED by illegally transferring core programs and funding to...
Hickenlooper, Banks, Hassan, Husted Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Better Forecast AI’s Impact on Workforce
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Jim Banks, Maggie Hassan, and Jon Husted introduced the bipartisan AI Workforce PREPARE Act to assess AI’s impact on America’s workforce and make education and job training programs more effective. “We can’t sit in the...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Push Forest Service to Immediately Address Understaffing, Wildfire Mitigation Concerns
Public data indicates the Forest Service is significantly behind in hazardous fuels reductions 27% of Forest Service wildland firefighting positions remain vacant WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet recently joined ten of their Senate...
Hickenlooper Rejects Trump’s Latest BLM Nominee
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement regarding his opposition to President Trump’s nomination of former U.S. Representative Steve Pearce to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): “Americans deserve a BLM...
Hickenlooper, Bennet, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children, Reverse Republicans’ Fees on Children Seeking Asylum
Trump’s Big Ugly Betrayal Act imposes a $5,000 fee for children seeking asylum as well as annual fees while their cases are reviewed WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Michael Bennet, Catherine Cortez Masto, and 19 of their Senate Democratic colleagues...