The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today passed the Strengthening America’s Schools Act with the support of Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, one of the bill’s...
FEMA Announces Fire Management Assistance Declarations for Black Forest and Royal Gorge Fires
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed today’s announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that it has declared the Black Forest and Royal Gorge fires burning in Colorado...
Bipartisan Immigration Bill Introduced by Bennet, Group of 8 Hits Senate Floor
The United States Senate today voted to begin consideration of the bipartisan immigration bill introduced by Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and the ‘Group of 8.’ The bill includes a tough but...
Senate Passes Farm Bill that Reduces Debt, Supports Colorado
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...
Colorado Lawmakers Unite to Protect Pueblo Community
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) and Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO) sent a letter to the US Army Corps of Engineers in support of a request submitted by the...
Emergency Watershed Funds Headed to Colorado
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the announcement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will send more than $19 million in...
Bennet, Burr Bipartisan Bill Would Level Playing Field for LNG in Vehicles
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced a bipartisan bill to put liquefied natural gas (LNG) on equal footing with diesel fuel under the federal highway excise tax....
BLM Extends Comment Period for Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 60-day extension of the public comment period on its proposed rule for hydraulic fracturing, also known as...
SAVE Act Saves Families Money, Creates New Jobs
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) introduced the Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act today to establish more practical mortgage lending processes,...
Bennet Statement on Appointment of Susan Rice to Serve as National Security Advisor
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on President Obama’s appointment of Susan Rice, the current U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to serve as National Security...
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