Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today praised the inclusion of a provision in the Farm Bill conference report that allows the Forest Service to lease up to five new modern large...
Colorado Wins $5 Million School Improvement Grant
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that Colorado is one of seven states to win a competitive School Improvement Grant (SIG). The state will use the $5,024,226 grant to turn around...
Farm Bill Nears Finish Line, Bennet Signs Conference Report
Maintains Measures to Improve Rural Energy Efficiency, Crop Insurance, Focus on Water Quantity Includes Bennet Provisions for Forest Health, Improved Conservation Programs, and Farm Animal Research...
Colorado Pressure Pays Off: PILT Included in Farm Bill
Bennet Serves on Farm Bill Conference Committee Udall, Bennet Led Bipartisan Effort to Restore Program Vital to Colorado Counties Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall heralded the...
Bennet, Udall, Lamborn Herald Land Deal Clearing Way for New Veterans Cemetery They Championed for Southern Colorado
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), strong advocates for Colorado's veterans and their families, welcomed the U.S. Department of...
Grand Junction Veteran to be Bennet’s Guest for State of the Union
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that Vietnam veteran Wayne Telford, of Grand Junction, will be his guest at President Obama’s State of the Union address at the U.S....
Bennet, Udall, Perlmutter, Polis Press U.S. Labor Department to Quickly Approve Newly Eligible Rocky Flats Workers for Federal Aid
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Congressmen Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis pressed the U.S. Labor Department to quickly process the claims of Rocky Flats workers aided by a recent...
Bennet, West Slope Leaders Urge Washington to Restore PILT
When an accident happens on federal land, county sheriffs and local emergency personnel are often the first ones on the scene. But local governments don’t get reimbursed for the services they...
Bipartisan Bennet Bill Aims to Help Colorado Build Critical Infrastructure
Bill Creates Infrastructure Bank Using Public-Private Partnership Model Colorado’s Infrastructure Graded a C+ for Condition, Performance Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced a...
Bennet, Blunt Aim to Improve Nation’s Infrastructure with Innovative Financing Proposal
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced a bipartisan bill to jumpstart our nation’s capability to build and repair roads, bridges, highways, ports, schools, and other...