Washington, D.C. - A spokesperson for Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to a federal investigation that substantiated claims that Veterans Affairs...
Bennet, Bipartisan Senators Request Solutions from VA to Address High Veteran Suicide Rate in Western States
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with a group of bipartisan, Western senators, today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David J. Shulkin...
Bennet Statement on Construction Contract for New Veterans Cemetery
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a construction...
Bennet Office Accepting Applications for Academy Nominations
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet invites students to apply for a nomination to a U.S. Service Academy for the class entering in 2018. U.S. Service Academies are federal...
Bennet Advocates for Updated Authorization for the Use of Military Force
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this week voted to repeal the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force (AUMFs) in order to push Congress to debate and pass...
Bennet, Booker Push for Audit of Election Integrity Commission
Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would require an audit by the U.S. Government...
Bennet Files Amendment to Keep Non-Citizen Military Personnel from Discharge Due to Immigration Status
Washington, D. C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet cosponsored an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to retain military personnel in the Military Accessions Vital to...
Bennet Backs Bipartisan Deal to Strengthen Care for Colorado Veterans
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) supported the Senate's unanimous passage of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017. "This bill makes investments to improve veterans'...
Bennet Statement on Trump’s Military Transgender Ban
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to President Trump's tweets on banning transgender Americans from serving in the military:...
Bennet, Colleagues Designate July 29 as Paralympic and Adaptive Sport Day
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today introduced a bipartisan resolution designating July 29 as Paralympic...