WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01), the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy Subcommittee, joined President Joe Biden, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) for the signing of the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023. Included in this bill were measures written by Reps. DeGette and Duncan to modernize America's nuclear energy prod  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement. "Following today's signing ceremony for my bill to modernize American nuclear energy and its workforce, I had the opportunity to speak with President Biden. In our conversation, we discussed the importance of meeting our climate goals, the role nuclear energy can play in lowering emissions, and the NATO Summit here in Washington.  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Legislation would create a nonprofit foundation to support NIST This week, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Chris Coons, Todd Young, and Deb Fischer introduced the Expanding Partnerships for Innovation and Competitiveness (EPIC) Act to establish a nonprofit foundation that would support the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and boost public-private collaboration on U.S. technologic  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently celebrated the Department of Commerce's announcement that Colorado's Elevate Quantum has been awarded $40.5 million in federal funding to build the nation's leading quantum ecosystem. This historic investment from the Hickenlooper-negotiated CHIPS + Science Act will activate additional commitments of $74 million in state funding and over $1  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo voted in favor of the NASA Reauthorization Act(link is external) in the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The bill advanced from the committee on a unanimous bipartisan vote of 38-0. "The advancement of space exploration continues to be a strong bipartisan endeavor, and I'm proud to advance that mission together with my colleagues from both parties  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, alongside Congressman John James (R-MI-10), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Africa, introduced a bipartisan resolutionto address elevated blood lead levels in children globally and push for lead exposure prevention in health, education  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Tonight, Speaker Johnson swore in Representative Greg Lopez (R) after he was elected by the voters of Colorado's 4th Congressional District to serve in the 118th Congress. "The House Republican Conference is grateful to the voters of Colorado's 4th district for sending Greg Lopez to Congress," said Speaker Johnson. "Greg's service in the miliary, tenure in the Small Busines  more