Bennet, Heller, Colleagues Request Funds for Colorado River Basin
Bipartisan Western Senators Request USDA Funds for Infrastructure and Planning
Jul 28, 2017
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Dean Heller (R-NV) this week led a bipartisan group of six other Western senators in sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue requesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) direct a portion of recently-appropriated funds for the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (Watershed Act) to the Colorado River Basin (CRB).