WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN11982) on March 12, 2024, by Natural Resources Policy specialist Charles V. Stern. Here are excerpts: * * * Responding to Drought in the Colorado River Basin The Colorado River Basin (Figure 1) covers more than 246,000 square miles in seven U.S. states and Mexico. Basin waters are governed by multiple documents, known collectively as the Law of the River. The Colorado River Compact of   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the policies, programs, and priorities associated with U.S. hypersonic capabilities, and the capabilities and intent of adversaries' hypersonic development efforts. Rep. Lamborn's remarks as pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Congressman Doug Lamborn, Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks during today's subcommittee hearing to review policies and priorities associated with U.S. hypersonic capabilities, as well as those of U.S. adversaries. Congressman Lamborn's remarks as prepared: Good afternoon to our witnesses - Dr. Horowitz, Dr. Weber, Vice Admiral Wolfe,   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, the House Natural Resources Committee met to hear testimony on Natural Resources Vice Chairman Doug Lamborn's H.R. 6862, the Mineral Mining Parity Act. This legislation, introduced alongside Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and House Republican Vice Chair Congressman Blake Moore (UT-01), aims to block the Biden administration from damaging the vital mining  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) launched a new Student Resource Hub through her official website today, pulling together important resources and information to assist students and borrowers as they prepare to go to school, or start paying back their loans after graduating. A portion of the information included comes directly from the Department of Education following a letter Pettersen and   more