WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper alongside Colorado U.S. Representative Yadira Caraveo welcomed over $8 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help clean polluted and abandoned properties in Colorado. The investments were awarded through EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant Progr  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper alongside U.S. Representative Joe Neguse urged U.S. Postal Service (USPS) leaders to eliminate P.O. box fees for eligible Coloradans. A substantial number of Steamboat Springs residents currently pay rental fees for P.O. boxes despite qualifying for fee waivers since their physical addresses are not eligible for home delivery. "Many Steamboat  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), joined Representatives Mike Turner (OH-10) and Jim Himes (CT-04), the Chair and Ranking Member of HPSCI, Gerry Connolly (VA-11), and other national security leaders in Congress, in a bipartisan letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urging the Biden Administration to expedite additional resou  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Army combat veteran, released this statement following the House Armed Services Committee passage of a Crow-backed amendment to protect governors' authority over the transfer of National Guard units and require annual reports to Congress on the status of the transfer of Air Guardsmen and women into the US Space Force. The amendment follows US Air Force Legislative Propo  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Over 20,000 claims for Colorado veterans have been approved in the largest-ever expansion of veteran health care Nearly two years in, more than 888,000 veterans nationwide are receiving new service-connected benefits due to toxic exposure Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper celebrated the announcement that more than 1 million PACT Act related claims have been approved for veterans who have been impa  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Funding would help Tribes, including the Southern Ute Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, fill workforce shortages for law enforcement agencies and improve public safety Senator John Hickenlooper and a bipartisan group of 11 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies encouraging them to prioritize funding for tribal law   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup for H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). Rep. Lamborn's remarks as prepared for deliv  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: On Tuesday morning, Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) announced that the City of Greeley will receive $7,917,600 from the Department of Transportation to improve the safety of Greeley's streets and roads. The nearly eight million dollar federal investment comes from the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund regional, local, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn, Chairman of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening statement during the full markup for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Congressman Lamborn's remarks as prepared: "I want to thank all the Strategic Forces Subcommittee members, especially Ranking Member Moulton, for the  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Chair Hickenlooper: "Our miners deserve safety and protection in their workplace just like any other job." Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper chaired a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee's Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety to examine efforts to promote the health and safety of our mining workforce and explore innovative technologies to monitor and impr  more