WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to reintroduce the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA). This legislation would end the federal prohibition of cannabis by removing it from the list of federally controlled substances and empowering states to create their own laws. "This long-overdue legislation w  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Susan Collins (R-Maine), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), another co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) reintroduced the High-Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act to  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 6090. "As I said back in November when a nearly identical bill to H.R. 6090 was considered, free speech is a bedrock American value. It is critical that it be protected - even when what's being said is abhorrent. Freedom of speech does not, however, extend to the very real threats and intimidation against J  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Funding awarded from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Representatives Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse celebrated the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of $32.8 million to help Colorado identify and replace lead service lines to improve water quality for Coloradans. This latest investment is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastru  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Lummis, and Ron Wyden introduced two bipartisan bills to extend existing programs to continue important water management programs and address long-term drought in the West. The Drought Preparedness Act and the Water Data Improvement Act would reauthorize current programs managed by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Arizona, at a member day hearing on April 10, 2024, on the Cooperative Watershed Management Program: * * * Thank you, Chairman Fleischmann, Ranking Member Kaptur, and subcommittee members for allowing me to testify today. Today I want to speak in support of a program that is crucial to my state and every other Western state th  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently traveled to Naturita and Grand Junction to hold two listening sessions on the proposal to establish a national monument to protect 400,000 acres of the Dolores River corridor and surrounding lands. Hickenlooper has yet to take a position on the monument. The visit was an opportunity to engage the communities that live closest to the landscap  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Antisemtism Awareness Act, led by Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17). I am pleased to co-sponsor this critical legislation. The Antisemitism Awareness Act requires the Department of Education to use the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism and its contemporary examples when enforcing anti-discrimination laws. "What is happening at universities nation  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Doug Lamborn, Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the United States' strategic forces posture on the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for national security space programs. Congressman Lamborn's remarks as prepared: The Strategic Forces subcommittee meets today to review the fiscal year 2025 budget request for national security spa  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), today introduced legislation to enhance support for U.S. diplomats and officials seeking to secure Mexican compliance with the 1944 Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado, Tijuana, and Rio Grande Rivers. This legislation would make sure future deliveries of water by Mexico are predictable and rel  more