WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside twelve of their Senate colleagues, urged the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to bolster and diversify the nation's domestic supply of electric vehicle batteries and promote the emerging electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling industry. "EV battery recycling can help bridge the gap in our domestic supply chain and reduce o  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: DENVER, CO -- Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that the City and County of Denver is receiving a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This comes from $85 million in grant funding for the first ever Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program. PRO Housing aims to identify and remove barriers to affordable housing production, preserv  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety released the following testimony by Bill Zisch, a J. Steven Whisler head of mining engineering at Colorado School of Mines, from a June 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Digging Deeper: Building Our Critical Minerals Workforce": * * * Chairman Hickenlooper, Ranking Member Braun and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the grow  more