Washington, D.C. - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved a bill to strengthen and expand sanctions against the regime in North Korea and those who assist it. The bill, sponsored by...
Senate Energy Bill Includes Permanent LWCF Reauthorization
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate has begun consideration of an energy bill that includes a provision based on Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet's bipartisan bill to permanently reauthorize the...
Bennet Calls on Foreign Relations Committee to Pass North Korea Sanctions Bill
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to approve a bipartisan bill to strengthen and expand sanctions against the regime in North...
Forest Service Finalizes Rules for Stewardship Contracting
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Forest Service today announced it has finalized the rules for the stewardship contracting program. Stewardship Contracting allows public institutions like the U.S. Forest...
Bennet Statement on BLM’s Proposed Methane Emissions Rule
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed rules for the disposal of methane emissions: "Reducing...
Senate Passes Bennet, Grassley, Murkowski, Moran Bill to Help Rural Hospitals in Sparsely Populated States
Washington, D.C. - The Senate this week passed a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) and fellow...
On Anniversary of Citizens United Decision, Bennet Calls for Commonsense Changes to Campaign Finance System
Washington, D.C. - On the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is calling on Congress to make commonsense changes to the...
Bennet Statement on House Bill to Restrict Syrian Refugees
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement following the Senate's vote to block a bill that would prohibit Iraqi and Syrian refugees from entering the...
Bennet, Agriculture Committee Advance Bill to Reauthorize Child Nutrition Programs
Washington, D.C. - The Senate Agriculture Committee today passed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize child nutrition programs through 2020. The bill includes an expansion of the summer meals program...
Bennet Statement on Administration’s Proposal for Year-Round Pell Grants
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement regarding the Administration's announcement that it will include a proposal to allow students to use...