WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced the Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023 to honor the life and legacy of Ed Dwight Jr. days before he made history at 90-years-old as the oldest person on Earth to travel to space upon Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft. Dwight first made history in 1961 when President Joh  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: DENVER & AURORA -- Today, Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) delivered funding he secured for three community projects totaling nearly $5,000,000. The community projects included $1,000,000 for Food Bank of the Rockies to expand hunger-relief efforts, $3,000,000 for the City of Aurora to renovate Aurora's Central Library, and $900,000 for Aurora Water to replace aging pressure regulating valves and improve water s  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: THORNTON, Colo. --On Monday, May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $4,382,899 in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for projects in Colorado's 8th Congressional district. "As the first Representative for the 8th district, I'm fighting for every corner of the Front Range and Northern Colorado to get their fair share of federal funding," said Congress  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Pueblo, Greeley, Kersey, Lakewood, Monte Vista, Northglenn, awarded Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants to clean contaminated properties, create healthier communities Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and Representative Yadira Caraveo welcomed over $8 million from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for six projects in Colorado to help clean up once-polluted and abandoned  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: On Sunday, America's First African American Astronaut Candidate Became the Oldest Person to Travel to Space Recently, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse introduced the Edward J. Dwight, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023 to honor the life and legacy of Ed Dwight Jr. days before he made history at 90-years-old as the oldest person on Earth to trav  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Bipartisan bill instructs Biden administration to increase parking options, access to public transportation on federal land Senators John Hickenlooper and Steve Daines recently introduced the More Parking, More Hiking Act, a bill designed to improve accessibility to outdoor recreation by increasing parking options and public transportation. "Colorado's national parks and monuments are a recreationist'  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse and Colorado's U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper penned a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) officials in Denver and Washington, D.C., requesting that USPS expedite the elimination of P.O. box fees for eligible residents of Steamboat Springs. A substantial number of Steamboat Springs residents currently pay rental   more