Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the Administration’s public hearings, including two in Denver, to gather comments on its Clean Power Plan. “The proposed plan to curb dangerous...
Bennet Joins Senate to Confirm New VA Secretary
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined his Senate colleagues to confirm Robert McDonald as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Bennet met with McDonald earlier this month and stressed...
Senate Passes Highway Trust Fund Bill with Bennet-Udall Measures
Includes Bennet-Udall Bill to Help Improve Rural Water Infrastructure Bennet Proposal to Treat LNG Equally to Diesel Fuel also in Bill Calls on House to Adopt these Important Reforms The U.S....
Bennet, Isakson Applaud House Passage of Legislation Boosting Competency-based Education
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today released the following statement praising unanimous passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R.3136, the Advancing...
Bennet, Udall Secure Funding in Appropriations Bill Draft that Can Benefit Arkansas Valley Conduit
Resources Follow Letter Senators Sent in March, Recent Meetings with Administration Officials Continue to Push for Additional Resources to Move Project Forward The Senate Appropriations...
Gypsum’s Eagle Valley Clean Energy Selected to Accept Biomass Deliveries
Biomass Removals from Public Lands Help Reduce Wildfires Suppliers May Qualify for BCAP Delivery Assistance Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced that Eagle Valley Clean Energy, LLC...
Bennet-Portman Pay-for-Success Measure Signed into Law
A proposal from U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to support high-performing job-training services was signed into law yesterday. The Bennet-Portman provision in the...
Bennet, Udall Press for Additional Firefighting Resources
Amidst a record-setting wildfire season in the West, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today called for swift passage of the president’s emergency supplemental funding request,...
Bennet, Udall Urge House to Seize Opportunity, Connect Four Corners Residents with Colorado TV
With the U.S. House of Representatives voting this week on the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 — a five-year renewal of various telecommunication and copyright laws — U.S. Senators Michael Bennet...
Bennet: Executive Order is Step in Right Direction for Workplace Equality
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the president’s signing of an executive order to prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...