Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement after the Senate passed the bipartisan, bicameral emergency supplemental funding bill to respond to the...
Bennet Statement on Presumptive Cases of Coronavirus in Colorado
Denver – Following the announcement of the first Colorado cases that tested presumptive positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the statement below....
Colorado Congressional Delegation Supports State’s Coronavirus Grant Request
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R), along with Colorado’s entire congressional delegation, wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and...
Bennet Announces Over $9 Million in Emergency CDC Funds for Colorado in Coronavirus Supplemental Funding Bill
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced Colorado will receive at least $9 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support efforts to...
Bennet Statement on Trump Administration’s Budget Request for Coronavirus Response
Washington, D.C. — Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s request for $1.8 billion in supplemental funds to address the coronavirus....
Bennet, Finance Committee Democrats Denounce Trump Administration for Recent Proposals That Will Harm Medicaid Recipients
Washington, D.C. – Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Senate Finance Committee Democrats called on the Trump Administration to end its harmful attacks on the Medicaid program, which...
Bennet, Democratic Senators Press Federal Government for Updates on Novel Coronavirus
Washington, D.C. – Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 30 of his Democratic Senate colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar requesting...
Bennet Welcomes Governor Polis’ Efforts to Lower Health Care Costs, Improve Transparency in State of the State Address
Washington, D.C. – Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the statement below following Governor Jared Polis’ State of the State address, in which the governor called for greater...
Bennet, Ernst, Colleagues Push Bipartisan Bill Prioritizing Children’s Health Care Research
Washington, D.C. — Following sharp reductions in pediatric medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced...
Bennet, Perlmutter Urge Federal Government to Review Decision Denying Access to Compensation Program for Rocky Flats Workers Exposed to Plutonium
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter (CO-7) today called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review the agency’s denial...