LAFAYETTE, Colorado, June 21 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse announced that the University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $19,998,055 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to construct the National Quantum Nanofab (NQN). The NQN will work to bridge the gap between quantum discoveries happening in laboratories across the country and more practical applications  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Watch Rep. Crow's Full Remarks on ASK Day Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06), combat veteran and member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (GVPTF) and Congressional Dads Caucus, introduced a resolution designating June 21 as National Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Day - a day to share the message of safe firearms storage and to encourage parents to ask if their children will be visiting a home with an unse  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Draft reauthorization includes several Hickenlooper-led provisions to expand America's workforce and prepare our workers for the jobs of the future Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper cheered the inclusion of his bills in the released draft text of the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). WIOA is the primary legislative vehicle used to set national workforce develo  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: 96% of online AI "deepfake" videos feature non-consensual pornographic content TAKE IT DOWN Act would criminalize non-consensual publication of sexually explicit AI "deepfake" images Senator John Hickenlooper joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues to introduce the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act, which wou  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: THORNTON, Colo. -- Today, Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, MD (CO-08) wrote a letter to United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging the USDA to lead a coordinated federal response to the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) among dairy cattle in over a dozen states. "At the end of 2023, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) had a spillover event from the poultry population t  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following statement on June 21, 2024: * * * Congressman Lamborn (CO-05) released the following statement regarding the request for the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish an Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS). "As a House Armed Services Committee member and the Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman, I am greatly concerned with the ongoing r  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) recently traveled across the 7th Congressional District to hear from constituents, community leaders, and elected officials about the challenges they face, and visit sites where she has recently delivered federal investments. Earlier this year Pettersen secured $13.9 million in funding for 15 community projects, two of which are located in Chaffee Count  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) recently traveled across the high country of the 7th Congressional District to hear from constituents, community leaders, and elected officials about the challenges they face, and visit sites where she has recently delivered federal investments. Earlier this year Pettersen secured $13.9 million in funding for 15 community projects, two of which are loca  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) recently visited Fremont County, touring sites where she has delivered federal investments, and making stops to visit local residents, business leaders, and elected officials and update them on the work she is doing in Congress. She heard about workforce shortages, lack of affordable housing and childcare, the need for wildfire mitigation and about the u  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) recently traveled across the rural communities of the 7th Congressional District to hear from constituents, community leaders, and elected officials about the challenges they face. She heard about workforce shortages, lack of affordable housing and childcare, the need for wildfire mitigation and about the urgency to address the skyrocketing cost of home  more