Colorado's 8th Congressional District
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Recent News About Colorado's 8th Congressional District
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Congresswoman Caraveo Votes Against Politicized, Poison-Pill-Filled Defense Bill
Caraveo Passed Two Floor Amendments to the Defense Bill that Will Help Retiring Servicemembers Transition into Agrarian Jobs, & Strengthen Pipeline For Servicemembers With Health Backgrounds to Join the Medical Reserve Corps
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Congresswoman Caraveo Announces Slate of Bipartisan Bills Supporting Rural Coloradans
More Than 755,000 Coloradans Live in Rural Areas That Would Be Positively Impacted by These Policies
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Congresswoman Caraveo Presses for Answers on Commerce City Train Derailment
Caraveo: “Train Derailment Could Have Been Much Worse”
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Congresswoman Caraveo Stands Up For Working Class, First Time Homebuyers During Historic Colorado Housing Crisis
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on June 23 voted against H.R. 3564
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Congresswoman Caraveo Votes Against Bad Faith Attack on Working Families’ Healthcare Coverage
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on June 21 voted against the CHOICE Arrangement Act (H.R. 3799), a bad faith bill that attempts to gut provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) under the false premise that it would lower healthcare costs
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Congresswoman Caraveo Named to Bipartisan Agriculture Labor Working Group
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) released the following statement after being named to the House Agriculture Committee’s bipartisan Agriculture Labor Working Group
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Congresswoman Caraveo Submits First Round of Farm Bill Priorities for CO-08
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on June 16 submitted her first round of priorities to be included in the 2023 Farm Bill
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Congresswoman Caraveo Statement on Gas Stoves
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on June 14 released the following statement after voting for two measures Speaker McCarthy painstakingly put on the floor to protect gas stoves including the Gas Stove Protection And Freedom Act and the Save Our Gas Stoves Act
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Reps. Caraveo, Lamborn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Oversee Use of Space Resources
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) and Congressman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) on June 15 introduced their bipartisan bill, the Space Resources Institute Act, directing NASA and the Department of Commerce to look into establishing an educational institute to support research on space resources and help maintain the United States’ preeminence in space
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Reps. Caraveo, Hayes, Sykes Introduce New Bill to Make SNAP Expansion Permanent
Legislation Builds off of Recently Passed Bipartisan Budget Agreement; Will Stabilize Nutrition Benefits for U.S. Veterans, Unhoused People, & Former Foster Youth
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Congresswoman Caraveo Joins in Announcing $500,000 in Federal Funding to Revitalize Downtown Brighton
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on June 9 joined in announcing that Brighton will receive $500,000 in funding to clean up and revitalize downtown properties with redevelopment potential
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Congresswoman Caraveo Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Childcare in Rural Communities
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) today joined a group of Members introducing bipartisan legislation that will improve the availability and lower the cost of childcare in rural communities
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Congresswoman Caraveo Votes to Responsibly Raise the Debt Ceiling & Avoid Catastrophic Default
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on May 31 released the following statement after casting her vote for the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, which responsibly raises the debt limit and helps avoid catastrophic default
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Congresswoman Caraveo Pushes For Faster Processing Times For Passport Applications
Passport Cases Make Up the Largest Number of Incoming Casework Requests From CO-08 Constituents
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Congresswoman Caraveo Votes Against Stripping Anti-Pollution Measures
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on May 23 issued the following statement after voting against S.J. Res. 11, Speaker McCarthy’s cynical attempt to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule entitled “Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards.”
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Congresswoman Caraveo Pushing to Stem the Flow of Fentanyl Across Our Southern Border
This Latest Effort is a Continuation of Caraveo’s Approach to Addressing the Drug Crisis Head On
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Caraveo Spoke About Her Bipartisan TRANQ Research Act in First Floor Speech This Week; the Bill, Co-Led by Senators Welch & Cruz, Will Now Proceed to the Senate for Consideration
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (D-CO-08) on May 11, 2023, passed her first piece of federal legislation through the United States House of Representatives with unanimous support. Caraveo’s bipartisan bill, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, confronts the drug crisis head on by compelling additional research into emerging illicit drugs including xylazine (commonly referred to as tranq)
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Caraveo: This Bill “is a Disservice to the American People”
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) on May 11, 2023, voted against H.R. 2, the draconian, wasteful immigration bill Speaker McCarthy brought to the House floor
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Efforts Comes As Colorado Handles Influx of Migrants; Denver Has Welcomed More Than 200 Migrants A Day Since May 4
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) on May 11, 2023, led Democrats in Colorado’s U.S. House delegation in pressing President Joe Biden to help alleviate issues surrounding the influx of migrant arrivals in Denver
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Caraveo Spoke About Her Bipartisan TRANQ Research Act Ahead of its Consideration on the Floor This Week
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (D-CO-08) on May 9, 2023 delivered her first floor speech as Representative for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District