WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo (CO-08) announced Monday that she introduced a bill to address the impending transfer of over 370 million acres of farmland in the next two decades. The Farm Transitions Act is co-led by two Democrats and two Republicans: Rep. Caraveo (CO-08), Rep. Trent Kelly (MS-01), Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03), and Rep. Don Davis (NC-01). The Farm Transitions Act would reauthorize the Commis  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the six remaining spending bills of FY 2024, funding the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, State, Homeland Security, and Treasury, as well as Congress itself. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who voted in favor of this package, released the following statement: "As members of Congress, it's our basic duty to ensure the government remains open and  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Senator John Hickenlooper joined a bicameral group of colleagues to call on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to introduce a plan to help health care systems increase their data security protections and prevent cyberattacks. Hickenlooper's call to action follows a major cyberattack in late February that crippled Change He  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health held a hearing in which members questioned leading experts and medical professionals on diagnostic testing. This hearing was called in response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed rule to regulate lab-developed tests (LDT). During the hearing, both members and witnesses called for the House to consider the Ve  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Letter urges Department of Labor to increase flexibility, cut red-tape Senator John Hickenlooper sent a letter to Julie Su, acting secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), to provide feedback on the department's recent proposed rule to strengthen national apprenticeships. In the letter, Hickenlooper commends the Biden administration's commitment to workforce training, but voices his concern tha  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Jerry Moran introduced the bipartisan, bicameral DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act to increase funding for Down syndrome research. The legislation would reauthorize the INCLUDE (Investigation of Co-Occurring Conditions Across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome) Project at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and increase funding for Down syndrome   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: SPEED and Reliability Act would cut red tape, end duplicative reviews Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and Representative Scott Peters introduced the Streamlining Powerlines Essential to Electric Demand (SPEED) and Reliability Act, a bill to significantly expedite the siting and permitting of interregional transmission lines. Currently, both the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regu  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of six bipartisan funding bills for Fiscal Year 2024 that will help keep the government open and support Americans across the country. The package includes three provisions championed by Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), including $1,383,069 in funding for a local project in Golden to protect the area from flooding for decades to come  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: View Full List of Projects HERE In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet helped secure over $91 million for 78 Colorado projects through congressionally directed spending (CDS) in the first round of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Senate appropriations bills. Colorado Springs FOX "Senator Michael Bennet recently secured nearly $4 million in federal investments for projects in Colorado S  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), joined Colorado federal delegation leaders Senator Michael Bennet and Representative Joe Neguse, alongside Senator John Hickenlooper and Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), Yadira Caraveo (CO-08), and Diana DeGette (CO-01) in calling on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to investigate delays in employment authorization renewals for Deferred Act  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn and his House colleagues voted to pass the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, or H.Res. 1102, by a vote of 286-134. Included in this bill are the second and final package of six appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2024. "I am pleased to support the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act which responsibly funds critical elements of the mili  more

LAFAYETTE, Colorado, March 23 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on March 22, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Joe Neguse issued the following statement honoring the victims of the devastating mass shooting at the Table Mesa King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado on March 22nd, 2021: "On a Monday afternoon, three years ago, ten of our beloved community members' lives were taken in a terrible and tragic mass shooting. Today, we uplift their memories through our hearts a  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Chair Hickenlooper: "Our athletes make many sacrifices to represent our country on the global stage. It's up to us to make sure that our athletes are protected from any form of abuse." Yesterday, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security on the state of athlete safety in Olympic sports and   more