Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued contiguous disaster designations for eight Colorado counties due to recent drought conditions....
Bennet Denounces Senate Vote to Block Paycheck Fairness Act
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement after a minority of senators blocked further consideration of the Paycheck Fairness Act. Bennet is a cosponsor of the bill that...
Bennet Reminds Coloradans that Livestock Disaster Assistance Sign-Up Starts Next Week
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is reminding Colorado’s farmers and ranchers that beginning next Tuesday, April 15, they can sign up for livestock...
Bennet Encourages Colorado Health IT Experts to Provide Feedback on Proposed Framework
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today encouraged health IT experts in Colorado to review and provide feedback to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a Bennet-requested report on how...
Bennet Urges Senate to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act on Equal Pay Day
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his Senate colleagues to take up and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would help close the pay gap between women and men working the same jobs....
Bennet Applauds Denver Public Schools for Winning $7 Million Youth CareerConnect Grant
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded Denver Public Schools (DPS) for winning a $6,999,980 Youth Career Connect grant from the U.S. Department of Labor in collaboration with the U.S....
Bennet Named Chair of Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet yesterday was named chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure. The Finance Committee also named new chairs on...
Bennet Wind PTC Amendment Included in Tax Extenders Bill
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) have secured an amendment to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) for two years in the bipartisan tax...
Bennet Cosponsors Amendment to Extend Wind PTC for 2 Years
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to file a bipartisan amendment to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) to...
Bennet Introduces Amendment to Increase Solar Energy Development
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced an amendment to the bipartisan tax extenders bill to allow more solar companies to benefit from the tax advantages of investing in solar...
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