*Colorado Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Friday May 16, 2025 ( 21 items ) |
Bennet, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Ban U.S. Recognition of Ukrainian Territory Annexed by Russia
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Bennet, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Ban U.S. Recognition of Ukrainian Territory Annexed by Russia
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to prohibit the United States from recognizing Russia's false claims of sovereignty over Crimea or any other forcibly seized Ukrainian territory, including any related airspace or territori
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Bennet, Welch, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Calling for End to Two-Month Blockade on Humanitarian Aid Entering Gaza
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Bennet, Welch, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Calling for End to Two-Month Blockade on Humanitarian Aid Entering Gaza
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), alongside 28 of their Senate colleagues, introduced a resolution calling on the Trump administration to use all possible diplomatic tools to end the Israeli government's blockade of food and life
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Committee Democrats Introduce Bill to Elevate Tribal Leadership in Land Management
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release:
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Committee Democrats Introduce Bill to Elevate Tribal Leadership in Land Management
Washington, D.C. - Today, top Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee introduced the Tribal Self-Determination and Co-Management in Forestry Act, a landmark bill that ensures Tribal Nations are full and equal partners in the management of federal lands. The legislation would direct the Department of the I
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Contracts for May 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:
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Contracts for May 15, 2025
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Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $580,589,011 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract for the production and delivery of low rate initial production Lot V of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band ship sets, to include spares and data in support of ensuring that manufacturing technologies and processes are mature and will support full rate production deci
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During National Police Week, Reps. Pettersen, Valadao Introduce Bipartisan 'They're Fast, We're Furious' Bill to Curb Illegal Street Racing
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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During National Police Week, Reps. Pettersen, Valadao Introduce Bipartisan 'They're Fast, We're Furious' Bill to Curb Illegal Street Racing
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and David Valadao (R-CA) introduced the They're Fast, We're Furious Act of 2025 to address reckless speeding and illegal street racing impacting communities across the country. This bipartisa
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FERC: Summaries | May 2025 Commission Meeting
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release:
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Summaries | May 2025 Commission Meeting
These are summaries of orders voted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its May 15, 2025, public meeting. Links to each order will be provided below once the order is issued. The summaries are produced by FERC's Office of External Affairs and are intended to provide only a general synopsis of the orders. These su
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Former cop and Congressman Gabe Evans: House Republicans Back the Blue
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Former cop and Congressman Gabe Evans: House Republicans Back the Blue
In case you missed it... Former cop and current congressman, Gabe Evans, teamed up with other members who previously served in law enforcement to honor the men and women in Blue. In a National Police Week op-ed with Congressmen Pete Stauber (MN-08), Troy Nehls (TX-22), and Clay Higgins (LA-03), Congressman Evans shares how House Rep
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Hickenlooper, Colleagues Call on Trump Admin to Reverse Illegal Firings of Consumer Product Safety Commissioners
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Hickenlooper, Colleagues Call on Trump Admin to Reverse Illegal Firings of Consumer Product Safety Commissioners
The administration fired three of the five commissioners who help protect consumers from harmful products
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, along with four of his Senate colleagues, called on the Trump administration to reverse the illegal firings of Consumer Product Safe
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Hickenlooper, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Against Trump Admin's Illegal Attempt to Shutter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Hickenlooper, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Against Trump Admin's Illegal Attempt to Shutter Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Illegally closing the agency will leave American consumers more vulnerable to scams and fraud
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, along with 44 of his Senate Democratic colleagues, filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit against the Trump administratio
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In Celebration of Colorado Public Lands Day, Bennet, Hurd, Hickenlooper Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Gunnison Basin and Surrounding Regions
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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In Celebration of Colorado Public Lands Day, Bennet, Hurd, Hickenlooper Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Gunnison Basin and Surrounding Regions
Washington, D.C. -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper reintroduced the Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection (GORP) Act to permanently protect key portions of the Gunnison Basin and the surrounding regions through a
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Interior Department Seeks Input on Lower Colorado River Well Inventory Data Collection
WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation is moving forward with the renewal of its information collection process for the Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
This initiative is crucial for the agency to meet its water accounting obligations as mandated by the Consolidated Decree of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. California.
The inventory gathers essential data from well and river-pump owners and operators in Arizona, California
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Medicaid - Selected Resources for National, State & Local Enrollment Data Topic of CRS Report
WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48536) on May 14, 2025, entitled "Medicaid: Selected Resources for National, State and Local Enrollment Data" by research librarians Sarah K. Braun and Angela Napili:
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Purpose and Scope ... 1
Federal Data Sources ... 2
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National and State Data ... 2
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC): National and State Da
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NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- NASA issued the following news:
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NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue
NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications -- or translations into sound -- of data collected by NASA telescopes in space including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, and Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
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Neguse Leads Renewed Call for Ban on Congressional Stock Trading: "Just put a bill on the Floor to ban it. Period. Members of Congress will no longer be able to trade stocks. Simple as that."
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Neguse Leads Renewed Call for Ban on Congressional Stock Trading: "Just put a bill on the Floor to ban it. Period. Members of Congress will no longer be able to trade stocks. Simple as that."
Washington, D.C. -- In case you missed it, Congressman Joe Neguse joined a bipartisan coalition on the House Floor yesterday evening to call on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring forth legislation that would ban Mem
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PASSED: Sens. Moran, Hickenlooper's National Space Day Resolution
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
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PASSED: Sens. Moran, Hickenlooper's National Space Day Resolution
WASHINGTON - Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) - members of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation - designating May 2, 2025, as National Space Day.
"Kansas has a rich history in av
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Ranking Member Dexter Fights for Community Led Fire Resilience
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
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Ranking Member Dexter Fights for Community Led Fire Resilience
WASHINGTON, D.C-- Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, fought to uplift community-led fire resilience efforts to combat increasingly deadly wildfires during a committee hearing (link is external) on forest management. Dexter, a crit
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Rep. Crow Issues Opening Statement for ISO Subcommittee Hearing: "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture"
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, issued the following opening statement on May 15, 2025, at a hearing entitled "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture":
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Crow Opening Statement for ISO Subcommittee Hearing: "Defense Intelligence Enterprise Posture"
Thank you, Dr. Jackson. Thank you to our witnesses for their testimony today on how the Defense Intelligence Enterprise is postu
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Rep. Lauren Boebert Announces 15 Community Project Funding Requests
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Lauren Boebert Announces 15 Community Project Funding Requests
EATON, CO--Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) announced the 15 Community Project Funding requests made for her district in Fiscal Year 2026. The requests are focused on water and infrastructure projects that affect a majority of the 21 counties in the district and directly impact the well-being of communities of all sizes.
"Con
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To Celebrate Colorado Public Lands Day, Bennet, Hickenlooper Reintroduce Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release:
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To Celebrate Colorado Public Lands Day, Bennet, Hickenlooper Reintroduce Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act
Washington, D.C. -- Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper reintroduced the Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act to protect over 68,000 acres of public lands in Southwestern Colorado. Colorado Pu
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Video and Photos: Rep. Dan Goldman Joins Rep. Kennedy and Gun Violence Advocates to Observe Third Anniversary of Buffalo Tops Supermarket Mass Shooting With Introduction of Body Armor Ban
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-New York, issued the following news release:
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Video and Photos: Rep. Dan Goldman Joins Rep. Kennedy and Gun Violence Advocates to Observe Third Anniversary of Buffalo Tops Supermarket Mass Shooting With Introduction of Body Armor Ban
Goldman Co-Sponsors Aaron Salter Jr. Responsible Body Armor Possession Act of 2025, Which Bans Sale of Military Body Armor to Civilians
Legislation Named in Honor of Retired Police Lieutenant Salter Jr., Securit
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What NASA Is Learning From the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- NASA issued the following news:
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What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or aliens, but our very own life-giving Sun.
The inaugural Space Weather Tabletop Exercise was supposed to be a training event, where experts could work through the
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