WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called on Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O'Malley to prioritize customer service and swiftly resolve pending Social Security claims and applications for Coloradans. Bennet's letter comes ahead of Commissioner O'Malley's testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance later this week. "Social Security is - and should remain - a rock  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper alongside U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Completion Act. This bill would expand the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area in Routt National Forest by 6,817 acres, protecting sub-alpine wilderness habitats and wildlife while providing increased access to outdoor recreation. "Colorado's public lands are a corners  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse, alongside Colorado U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen, Yadira Caraveo, Diana DeGette, and Jason Crow, called on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to investigate delays in employment authorization renewals for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-ID) introduced a bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish the Department of Energy's (DOE) Experienced Worker Program (EWP). This program would provide grants to non-profit organizations eligible to use the talents of U.S. individuals aged 55 or older in other programs administered by the Secretary. "Colorado is home t  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, along with Representative Joe Neguse, introduced the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Completion Act, new legislation that would expand the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area in Routt National Forest by 6,817 acres, protecting sub-alpine wilderness habitats and wildlife while providing increased access to outdoor recreation. "The Sarvis Creek Wilderness i  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Congressman Joe Neguse was elected to serve as the Assistant Democratic Leader in the United States House of Representatives. The 39-year-old Colorado lawmaker was elected to succeed Rep. Jim Clyburn in the role, which was previously held in the 117th Congress by now Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (2021-2023) and in the 116th Congress by then-Rep. (and current U.S. Senator) Ben R  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, in a 37-0 vote, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved H.R. 4152, the Space Resources Institute Act. This bill, introduced by Caraveo and co-lead by Congressman Lamborn, advances the objectives of NASA within academia to maintain United States leadership in space. "I am pleased to see the bipartisan Space Resources Institute Act advance through the House Scien  more