DENVER, Colorado, April 22 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to reintroduce the End the Threat of Default Act. This legislation would avoid default by repealing the national debt ceiling, an arbitrary limit set by Congress on the amount of funding that the United States Treasury may borrow. "Year after year, the fight over the debt ceiling is weaponized as a manufactured pol  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, released this statement following the Supreme Court's decision to allow Mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication, to stay on the market while litigation continues in lower courts over the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of the drug. Last week, Congressman Crow joined 240 Members of Congress in sending  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on April 21, 2023: * * * U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision on the abortion pill, mifepristone: "Mifepristone has been approved for use in this country for more than 20 years. It has been used by more than 5 million Americans and has proven to be safer than some of the most common medications - i  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Deb Fischer, members of the Senate Commerce Committee, introduced the Defend Our Networks Act. The bill would address the FCC's funding shortfall by reallocating roughly 3% of unobligated emergency COVID-relief funds to the FCC's Reimbursement Program, strengthening communications networks nationwide and bolstering U.S. national security  more