Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today released the following statements regarding the announcement that the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange will receive a $43,486,747 grant...
Bennet, Udall Announce Federal Grant for Spaceport, Applaud Statewide Collaboration
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall announced today the approval of $200,000 in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) to conduct a feasibility study on locating...
Bennet Calls on House to Schedule Vote on 2012 Farm Bill
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the decision by House leadership to adjourn until the election without passing the 2012 Farm Bill, which would provide...
Bennet Decries Congressional Inaction on Wind PTC
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after Congress adjourned until the election without extending the wind energy production tax credit (PTC). The credit, which is...
Bennet Applauds Senate Action on Sportsmen’s Act of 2012
Bill Would Protect and Enhance Opportunities for Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting Includes Bennet Bowhunting Provision Backed by Colorado Sportsmen Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet...
Bennet Celebrates Chimney Rock National Monument
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined members of the administration, including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, as well as local and tribal leaders...
Bennet, Portman Introduce CAREER Act
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today introduced the Careers Through Responsive, Efficient, and Effective Retraining (CAREER) Act to make federal job training programs...
Bennet, Cornyn Laud Committee Passage of SAFER Act
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Cornyn (R-TX) applauded the passage of their bill in the Senate Judiciary Committee to help law enforcement process rape kits. The bill, which would help...
Bennet, Udall Introduce Amendment to Rescue Funding for Emergency Watershed Protection Program
Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall introduced an amendment to the U.S. House of Representative’s proposal to keep the government running for the next six months, commonly called the Continuing...
Colorado Farmer Discusses Drought, Farm Bill with Senators in Washington
Rick Palkowitsh, a Burlington corn farmer, joined Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today at a meeting of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee on the 2012 Farm Bill, drought, and...