WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Equitable Access to School Facilities Act to make it easier for charter schools to access public property and provide federal grants to states for charter school facilities. The grants, available from the Fed  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chair of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced bicameral legislation to overhaul federal wildland firefighter pay and benefits - bolstering recruitment, retention, and well-being. The legislation, the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Pay Parity and Classification Act (Tim's Act  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), co-founder of the House ALS Caucus, joined Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), and Ken Calvert (R-CA) to reintroduce a House Resolution designating May as ALS Awareness Month to bring attention to the thousands who suffer from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and renew efforts to find a cure. ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the bo  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (D-CO-08) today delivered her first floor speech as Representative for Colorado's 8th Congressional District. Caraveo highlighted the importance of her bipartisan bill, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, which will help confront the drug crisis head on by compelling additional research into emerging illicit drugs includi  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus and Ranking Member of the United States House Subcommittee on Federal Lands and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced bicameral legislation to overhaul federal firefighter pay and benefits - bolstering recruitment, retention, and well-being. The legislation, Tim's Act, is named in honor of Tim Hart, a brave smokejumper from Cody  more