The official RSS feed of United States Senator Ken Salazar D-CO en-us 5 http://salazar.senate.gov With fuel costs sky-rocketing, today the United States Congress took a major step to lessen the pain at the pump and help get America off its addiction to foreign oil by including Senator Salazar’s cellulosic biofuels production tax credit in the 2008 Farm Bill. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080508biofuels.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 16:17:00 EST In the arid West, every drop of water counts. Recovering usable water from sources contaminated by oil and gas drilling operations could significantly help our farmers, ranchers and recreational users, not to mention the habitats of many plants and animals. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080508water.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 13:12:00 EST The President today signed into law legislation to implement the federal share of the Platte River recovery implementation plan as part of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (S. 2739). http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080508plattejnt.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 12:52:00 EST Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Area Act sponsored by Colorado Senators Ken Salazar and Wayne Allard that would provide wilderness designation to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080507rmnpjnt.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 15:54:00 EST Today, in a letter to the Colorado State Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sally Wisely, United States Senator Ken Salazar and U.S. Representative John Salazar urged the BLM to heed a request by Saguache County and the Town of Crestone to defer leasing for oil and gas exploration on three BLM parcels situated on Rio Grande National Forest lands. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080507blmjnt.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 19:06:00 EST Honors APD Detectives at 13th Annual Congressional Law Enforcement Recognition Program http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080507thompson.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 17:24:00 EST Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved legislation backed by United States Senator Ken Salazar that would fund large-scale national forest restoration projects to reduce the threat of wildfires, restore ecosystems and stimulate rural economies. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080507forests.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 14:22:00 EST Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed legislation backed by U.S. Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) and sponsored by Senator Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) that would provide veterans with a discounted pass card to all national parks and fee areas in public lands. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080507vetsparks.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 12:53:00 EST Today, the United States Senate Finance Committee held a hearing entitled “Seizing the New Opportunity for Health Reform” which examined general principles and goals of health care reform and reaffirmed that reform should be comprehensive, not incremental, and quality health care should be available for everyone. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080506hcreform.htm Tue, 07 May 2008 14:24:00 EST United States Senator Ken Salazar released the following statement in response to a Department of Justice announcement today that the Water Supply and Storage Company will pay 9 million dollars in damages for a breach that caused damage to Rocky Mountain National Park in May 2003. http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080505rmnpsettle.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 19:00:00 EST Sen. Salazar works to include over $759 million for Colorado military installations http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080505defauth.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 16:25:00 EST United States Senator Ken Salazar issued the following statement after today’s House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the VA cemetery site selection process and how it pertains to the proposed national cemetery in Colorado, hosted by Congressmen Doug Lamborn (CO-5) and John Salazar (CO-7). http://salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/080502covets.htm Mon, 02 May 2008 18:04:00 EST I maintain eight Colorado offices, covering every region of the state. The offices are located in Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Fort Morgan, Pueblo, Durango, Alamosa and Grand Junction. Please locate the office closest to you. My Colorado staff is in place across the state to be of assistance to you. Please contact them regarding any questions or concerns you have. http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/index.html Sat, 1 Jan 2005 16:00:00 EST You can contact Senator Salazar via webform at http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:00:00 EST