Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner today announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $1.6 million to...
Bennet Takes Stand for Colorado Breweries as Shutdown Creates Backlog and Stalls Business
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today called on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to address the government shutdown’s chilling effect on brewers and distillers, as they await...
Bennet, Tester Press Administration to Update Hemp Policies Following Legalization
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Jon Tester (D-MT) this week pressed the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to take action to strengthen opportunities for hemp growers across the...
Bennet on Senate Floor: Other Nations Invest in their Futures While United States Sets Record for Longest Shutdown in U.S. History
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today spoke on the Senate floor, calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring House-passed bills to reopen the government—which...
Bennet, Colleagues Sound Alarm: Trump Shutdown Threatens Wildfire Preparedness
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with 11 Democratic colleagues, pressed for an end to the shutdown that President Trump and congressional Republicans have inflicted on the...
Bennet, Capito Reintroduce Bipartisan Target Practice, Marksmanship Training Bill
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today reintroduced the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act to provide responsible incentives...
Bennet, Colleagues Urge Interior Department to Extend Public Comment Period on Proposal to Lease Oil and Gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined a group of colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Secretary David Bernhardt urging him to...
Bennet Applauds Groundbreaking of Colorado River District Infrastructure Project
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the groundbreaking of the Fire Mountain Canal Improvement Project in the North Fork of the Gunnison River. “Because our...
Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill Requiring President Trump to Publicly Release His Tax Returns
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, this week reintroduced a bill to require current presidents and future presidential nominees to...
Bennet, Colleagues Demand VA Accountability for Misuse of Suicide Prevention Funds
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with 20 Senate colleagues, demanded answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary about the department’s misuse of resources...