Today, Senator Michael Bennet met with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) CEO Jerry Forte to congratulate him and his company on being honored...
Bennet, Udall Introduce Deficit-Neutral Bill to Eliminate Cap on Emergency Road Funding for Colorado in Wake of Devastating Flooding
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall introduced deficit-neutral legislation today to remove a problematic cap that limits the emergency transportation funds Colorado can access to rebuild the...
Bennet Announces $684,000 in USDA Grants for Colorado
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced today that the Colorado Department of Agriculture has been awarded $684,488.50 in competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...
Bennet, Merkley Applaud Implementation of New Safety Provision for Medical Devices
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) applauded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for finalizing proposed rules to create a unique device identification (UDI)...
Bennet, Udall Press Federal Railroad Administration to Work with Commerce City to Implement Train-Noise Quiet Zone
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall pressed the Federal Railroad Administration in a letter today to work with Commerce City and swiftly review the city's application to establish a new...
Bennet Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Help End Childhood Cancer
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet has cosponsored a bipartisan bill to expand childhood cancer research, improve cancer surveillance, and identify barriers to childhood cancer drug development....
Colorado Congressional Delegation Urges Appropriators to Lift Cap for Transportation Flood Recovery Funds
The Colorado Congressional delegation today urged the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to make crucial resources available to help Colorado recover from the recent historic floods by...
Bennet, Udall Welcome Swift Release of $30 Million in Emergency Transportation Funds for Flood Recovery
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall welcomed the U.S. Department of Transportation's decision today to release $30 million in disaster assistance funds to jumpstart road, highway, bridge and...
Labor Department Awards $24.9 Million to Colorado Colleges for Innovative Training Programs
Promotes Skills Development, Employment Opportunities for Coloradans Bennet Supported Grant Application The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a nine-college consortium in Colorado led...
Bennet, Coburn Amendment Reduces Government Waste by Consolidating IT Infrastructure
The federal government is not on pace to reduce the number of federal data centers from 3,000 to fewer than 2,000 by 2015, a goal set by a consolidation effort aimed to reduce government waste and...