Click the link to read the article on The Durango Herald website (Jessica Bowman). Here’s an excerpt:
March 17, 2025
Colorado Sen. Micheal Bennet’s efforts to compensate business owners who were financially harmed by the 2015 Gold King Mine spill have been impeded by yet another roadblock – the passage of stopgap funding legislation in Congress…
The Gold King Mine Compensation Act was introduced for the second time in February by Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside Rep. Jeff Hurd. It would have given the EPA $3.3 million to compensate the residents and businesses affected by the mine spill. Earlier this month the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution: short-term legislation that maintains current federal spending levels to prevent a government shut down. The Senate passed the bill on Friday. The continuing resolution leaves out funding for the bill said Hurd’s chief of staff, Nick Bayer. The resolution’s passage has stalled the passage of the Gold King Mine Compensation Act, leaving it with no clear path forward, Bennet’s Four Corners Regional Director John Whitney said Tuesday at Durango’s Economic Development Alliance meeting.
