WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest rules limiting harmful pollution from the power sector, including its rule targeting carbon emissions from existing coal and new gas power plants. The EPA's rules come eight months after Bennet joined 29 other senators in a letter urging stronger fossil fuel-fired power plant standards to swiftly  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make outdoor recreation projects eligible for funding through USDA's Community Facilities Program (CFP). "The federal government has an opportunity to support rural areas as they make their communities more accessible and attractive to live, work  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: "It is time for the DEA to make good on the President's Commitments" 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 to remove marijuana from the agency's Schedule I list of controlled substances. "We urge you to promptly remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Con  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Final rule comes after Hickenlooper and Warren called on FTC to take action to curtail noncompetes Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Elizabeth Warren applauded the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule to limit noncompete agreements and support workers and innovation. The final rule comes after Hickenlooper and Warren wrote to the FTC in September in support of the then-proposed rule.   more