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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Tuesday May 14, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Bennet, Grassley, Espaillat, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge Senate Appropriations Committee to Address Illegal Weapons Trafficking
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), alongside 17 bipartisan, bicameral colleagues urged the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to address illicit weapons trafficking operations in the Western Hemisphere. "Recently, members of Congress have expressed reasonable concern regarding federal agencies' effor  more

Bennet, Stansbury, 18 Bicameral Colleagues Push for More Funding to Support Transitioning Energy Communities
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver -- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) alongside 18 of their Congressional colleagues called on U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Committee leaders to appropriate at least $8 million in Fiscal Year 2025 to support transitioning energy communities across the country through the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal & Power Plant Communities  more

Johnson Announces Service Academy Appointments
WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced nine South Dakotans have accepted Service Academy appointments to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. They will begin military training at their respective schools in June. Johnson nominated ea  more