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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Friday June 02, 2023 ( 8 items )  

Bennet Statement on Vote to Avoid Catastrophic Debt Default
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: * * * Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after voting to avoid default. "Tonight, I voted to prevent a catastrophic default on our national debt. This bill is far from perfect- but it prevents a historic default that would have devastated the American economy. "We cannot continue to allow politicians to weaponize the debt ceiling and hold the American e  more

Bennet, Blackburn, Estes, DelBene Introduce Bill to Support Lifesaving Emergency Services for Americans in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) alongside U.S. Representatives Ron Estes (R-Kan.) and Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.) introduced legislation to improve access to emergency air medical services that are critical for saving lives, particularly for Americans living in rural communities. The Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act would use data collected  more

Buck Votes Against the Biden-McCarthy Bipartisan Bankruptcy Bill
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colorado, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Ken Buck (CO-04) released the following statement today regarding his vote against H.R. 3746, or The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023: "I voted no on the Biden-McCarthy debt limit 'deal' because our current financial situation is unsustainable, and this bill only ramps up the timeline to our government's eventual default. "Back in 2022, the American people gave Republicans the   more

Congresswoman Caraveo Votes to Responsibly Raise the Debt Ceiling & Avoid Catastrophic Default
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) today released the following statement after casting her vote for the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, which responsibly raises the debt limit and helps avoid catastrophic default. "A basic duty of Congress is to pay our country's bills. Failing to do so would cause an economic catastrophe that would most hurt working-class families like the ones I re  more

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's Statement on the Debt Ceiling "Deal"
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) stated, "The House passing this so-called 'deal' was another example of the Swamp shoving a $6-plus trillion blank check for Biden down Americans' throats. I testified before the House Rules Committee advocating for my seven amendments, but the Swamp refused to even have real debate on the 80 amendments filed, rammed this thing through with a closed rule, a  more

DeGette Statement on Bipartisan Budget Agreement
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan budget agreement that will raise the nation's debt ceiling for the next two years and prevent a potentially devastating default on the nation's debt: "In threatening to cause the first ever default, Republicans put the full faith and credit of the United States at risk. They held our   more

ICYMI: Hickenlooper Hits the Road to Talk Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in Renewable Energy, Affordable Broadband, and Capping Orphan Wells
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper visited Golden, Westminster, Adams County, and Denver to see Colorado projects tackling affordable broadband, opening a brand new lab at NREL, and capping orphan oil and gas wells. Hickenlooper joined Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and other local officials to tour new lab space at the National Renewable Energy Lab funded in part by the Inflation Reduction Act, joi  more

Reps. Estes, DelBene, Sens. Bennet, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Support Lifesaving Emergency Services for Americans in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Suzan DelBene (D-Washington), along with Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), introduced legislation to improve access to emergency air medical services that are critical for saving lives, particularly for Americans living in rural communities. The Protecting Air Ambulance Services for Americans Act would use data collected under the No Surprises Act to   more