Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and...
Bennet, Gardner Announce $40.1 million in PILT Funding for Colorado Communities
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today announced that 56 local governments in Colorado are receiving a total of $40.1 million under the Payments in...
Bennet Raises Concern Over Reports of Activity in North Korean Nuclear Program
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to request an assessment of North Korea’s nuclear program in light of reports of...
Bennet Work to Advance Career and Technical Education Sees Bipartisan Breakthrough
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet helped pass legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act in the Senate Health,...
Bennet Statement on Supreme Court Justice Kennedy’s Retirement
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement: “Although I...
Bennet, Gardner Fight for Hop Growers in Senate Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) this week introduced an amendment to the Senate Farm Bill to allow the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...
Bennet, Alexander “PREEMIE” Bill to Give Infants Hope for Healthier Lives Passes Committee
Washington, D.C. — The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to reduce...
Bennet Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on President’s Travel Ban
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold President Trump’s revised Executive Order banning travel from...
Bennet Cosponsors Portable Benefits Bill for Independent Workforce
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet cosponsored legislation to establish a portable benefits pilot program for independent workers. The bipartisan legislation would incent states...
Bennet, Colleagues Call Attention to Trump Administration’s Slashing of Refugee Admissions
Washington, D.C. – Following World Refugee Day this week, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with 32 colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Department of Homeland...