Thursday - May 22, 2025
U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Friday May 09, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Congressman Evans Delivers Floor Speech Bashing CCP, Confucius Institutes
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Evans Delivers Floor Speech Bashing CCP, Confucius Institutes Congressman Gabe Evans delivered a speech on the House floor in support of the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act, legislation he helped introduce to restrict Confucius institutes and Chinese entities. Watch his full speech here or read the highlights below: The stakes for our national  more

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Introduces the American Energy Act
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Introduces the American Energy Act WASHINGTON, DC-- Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) this week introduced the American Energy Act, a bill to streamline the permitting process for oil & gas producers and allow American energy companies to focus on creating jobs and lowering costs instead of bureaucratic red tape. Rep. Boebert introduced similar legislation in 2023, wh  more

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Statement on HNR Reconciliation Package
WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Statement on HNR Reconciliation Package WASHINGTON, DC-- Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) provided the following statement on the passage of the House Natural Resources Committee reconciliation package: "I was proud to vote for the House Natural Resources Committee package, which saves taxpayers $18.5 billion and gets us one step closer to passing President Trump's  more

Hickenlooper Sounds Alarm on New Budget Estimate for Republican's Plan to Gut Medicaid, Strip Health Care from Millions of Americans
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper Sounds Alarm on New Budget Estimate for Republican's Plan to Gut Medicaid, Strip Health Care from Millions of Americans New CBO estimate finds that Republicans' proposals to slash Medicaid programs would lead to millions of Americans losing health care coverage WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement on the nonpartisan Congressional Budge  more

Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Access to Mifepristone
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Protect Access to Mifepristone The Stop Comstock Act would repeal an 1873 law that could be misused to limit abortion access nationwide WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined Tina Smith and 25 of their Senate colleagues to introduce the Stop Comstock Act to protect access to medication abortions like Mifepristone. Specifically, the legislat  more

Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan America the Beautiful Act
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan America the Beautiful Act Bill would increase funding to address maintenance backlog at national parks WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently joined Senators Angus King and Steve Daines to introduce the bipartisan America the Beautiful Act, which would reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) and inc  more

ICYMI: Congressman Evans tackles high costs with his latest legislation
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Evans tackles high costs with his latest legislation In case you missed it, Congressman Gabe Evans tackling high costs - specifically high energy costs - with his new legislation, The State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act. Recent polling shows that 62% (link is external) of Americans said their electricity or gas bill has increased compared to a year ago and 73% (link i  more

Rep. Evans for Newsweek: "House Republicans Are Keeping Our Promises on Border Security"
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news: * * * Rep. Evans for Newsweek: "House Republicans Are Keeping Our Promises on Border Security" WASHINGTON D.C. -- This week, House Committee on Homeland Security member Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) penned an op-ed for "Newsweek", highlighting Homeland Republicans' progress in keeping our borders secure through the budget reconciliation recommendations advanced out of Commi  more

Rep. Evans: DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following floor remarks on May 7, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, today I rise in strong support of H.R. 881, the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act, of which I am an original cosponsor. The stakes for our national security, constitutional freedoms, and the future of American innov  more