WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 24 bipartisan Senate colleagues to urge the United States Postal Service (USPS) to pause planned changes to its processing and delivery network that could slow down mail delivery until the potential impacts are further studied and addressed. These proposed changes include redirecting mail processing from Grand Junction to Denver and requiring outgoing mail - in  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Angus King (I-Maine), alongside 15 of their Senate colleagues, called on U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations leaders to address planned job cuts within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) that could increase wait times and make it harder for veterans and their families to access care. "[T]he VA recently announced it  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12653) on May 7, 2024, by agricultural policy analyst Joel L. Greene: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herds The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed a strain (H5N1) of highly pathogenic avian Influenza A virus (HPAI) in dairy herds in Texas and Kansas on March 25, 2  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: On Tuesday morning, Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, MD (CO-08) and Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) introduced the Social Security Overpayment Fairness Act in an effort to protect American seniors from facing financial hardship due to incidental Social Security benefit overpayments. About 66 million Americans receive some form of Social Security benefits. In Colorado, there are over 939,000 Social Security   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Department of Energy announced a list of 10 potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) which would accelerate transmission projects in high-priority areas Hickenlooper's permitting reform bills would help streamline transmission rollout and amplify these national corridors Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper welcomed the Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of 10 potent  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Chair Hickenlooper: "We need to give consumers meaningful control over how their data is used. This will restore consumers' confidence in the technology that powers our economy." Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security on methods to safeguard consumers' data and reduce harms from incr  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) joined the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) for a Mother's Day press conference recognizing moms across the country and calling for action on the policies that will help them thrive. The press conference also included remarks from Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, DWC Vice Chair Nikema Williams, DWC Vice Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez, Executive Vice Pre  more