Members of the Colorado Congressional delegation are urging the White House and House and Senate committee leaders to include wildfire recovery assistance in an emergency appropriations measure for...
Comment Period on Bennet Draft Thompson Divide Bill to Close December 14
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is encouraging Coloradans to provide feedback on his website regarding a draft bill for the management of Thompson Divide. The comment period will...
Bennet Applauds Passage of Udall Amendment to Allow the Pentagon to Invest in Alternative Fuels
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the passage of an amendment to allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue to invest in alternative fuels. The amendment, introduced by...
Environment America Report Enhances Case for Wind PTC Extension
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his colleagues to quickly pass an extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) following a report released today by Environment America...
Colorado Companies Win USDA Forest Stewardship Contracts to Improve Forest Health
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today congratulated Confluence Energy and West Range Reclamation on each winning a 10-year U.S. Forest Service stewardship contract. The U.S. Department of...
Student Loan Relief Available for Veterans Misled by For-Profit Colleges
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is encouraging military veterans to apply for assistance from the Veterans’ Student Loan Relief Fund if they have been defrauded or misled by for-profit colleges...
Bennet Cosponsors Bill to Create Women’s Museum Commission
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet signed on as a cosponsor to a bill that would create a panel to examine and recommend how and where to best establish a museum in our nation’s capital dedicated...
Alexander-Bennet Bill to Prevent Premature Birth and Infant Mortality Passes Senate
U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today praised passage by the Senate of the bipartisan PREEMIE Act, their bill to expand research, education, and intervention...
Bennet, Udall Welcome Nomination of Raymond Moore to U.S. District Court in Colorado
Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall welcome President Barack Obama’s nomination today of Raymond Moore, the current federal public defender for Colorado and Wyoming, to the U.S. District Court of...
Bennet Survey Indicates Delays in GI Bill Benefits for Student Veterans, Senator Urges Review
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to review the manner in which education benefits are delivered to veterans to ensure that they are received...