WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), former Army Ranger, issued this statement following the Department of Defense announcing Michael McNerney as the first Director of the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence. Congressman Crow's legislation codified the creation of Secretary Austin's Civilian Protection Center of Excellence last Congress to increase transparency and accountability of ci  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability and co-chair of the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Caucus, released this statement on the fighting between Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force, and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum that is in its fourth day and has left over 15  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Flood (R-Nebraska) and Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Colorado) announced the formation of the Congressional Bipartisan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Caucus as a Congressional Member Organization for the 118th Congress. The Congressional Bipartisan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Caucus will serve as an informal group of Members dedicated to discussing and collaborating on changes to federal p  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on April 18, 2013: U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that she has requested more than $29.8 million to fund more than a dozen community projects in the Denver area. If approved, the funding would be used to create more affordable housing, improve transportation and provide additional services in underserved communities throughout the Mile High City. Among the projects DeGette has sought fundi  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, in support of the Biden administration's appeal of a federal district court ruling that suspends the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone. This ruling threatens access to mifepristone for patients   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined Senators Whitehouse and Heinrich and Representatives Quigley, Peters, and Casten to reintroduce the Streamlining Interstate Transmission of Electricity (SITE) Act, a bill that would remove one of the largest barriers to building new, large-scale electric transmission lines needed to reduce energy bills, make the grid more resilient, and bring on new, low  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the FY24 budget request for missile defense and missile defeat programs. Rep. Lamborn's remarks as prepared for delivery: I would like to begin by welcoming our witnesses here today. We have   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, the chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, urged Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel not to tax future Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) revenue payments. In February, after the IRS asked Coloradans to stop filing their taxes until they determined how to handle TABOR payme  more