Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today praised the inclusion of competitive grant program to encourage states to invest in energy efficiency and distributed generation, among other energy...
USDA Designates 9 Colorado Counties as Disaster Areas Due to Drought
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated nine Colorado counties as contiguous natural disaster areas due to persistent drought...
Bennet: President’s Budget can Reignite Serious Conversation on Debt Reduction
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the release of the President’s FY 2014 budget request. “The President’s budget is the closest proposal we’ve seen to meeting...
Bennet Joins Colleagues to Reintroduce Safe Chemicals Act to Protect Americans from Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and 26 other senators to reintroduce the Safe Chemicals Act to protect Americans from dangerous toxic chemicals that...
Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Mental Health Services
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined several colleagues to introduce a bill to improve mental health services through better awareness, prevention, and identification of mental health...
Bennet Statement on Suspension of Thompson Divide Leases
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on today’s Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) announcement that it will suspend several oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide...
Bennet Launches Colorado Panel On Veterans Mental Health
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today launched the first meeting of a panel organized to take a comprehensive look at mental health issues affecting veterans, with the specific goal of reducing...
First-of-its-Kind Federal Agency Collaboration to Benefit Colorado Small Businesses
Washington, DC - Federal agency staff in Colorado that deliver resources and programs to small business are coming together to coordinate agency activities. That coordination will promote the...
Colorado, Utah Counties Sign Gunnison Sage-Grouse Memorandum of Understanding
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today hailed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) among eleven counties in Colorado and Utah that lays the foundation for the region to continue to work together...
Bennet, Coffman Launch Working Group to Further Reform Aerospace Export Regulations
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Mike Coffman today announced the formation of a working group on aersopace export control reforms. Building on their successful efforts...