Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discussed efforts to improve rural Colorado’s economy at the Senate Agriculture Committee’s first hearing this...
Bennet Encourages Western Slope Residents to Weigh in on Colorado National Monument
Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today is encouraging Western Slope residents and Coloradans across the state to submit their opinions on the possibility of designating the Colorado...
Bennet Spotlights Denver Teacher Prep Program, Pushes Proposal to Attract Talented Leaders to America’s Classrooms
Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today visited classrooms at Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment and met with participants in the Denver Teacher Residency Program (DTR) in...
Bennet Backs Push to Help Colorado Farmers and Ranchers Retain Access to Credit
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a push to help ensure that Colorado farmers and ranchers retain access to credit, which remains difficult to attain in today’s economy....
President’s Budget Includes Bennet Proposal to Mobilize New Generation of Talented Teachers
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s proposal to mobilize a new generation of talented teachers to work in high-need schools gained key backing from the White House as the...
Bennet Hails Interior Announcement on Oil Shale Regulations
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, long an advocate of a thoughtful, responsible approach to oil shale development, released the following statement hailing Interior Secretary...
Bennet Statement on President’s Budget Proposal
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on President Obama’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2012, which was sent to Congress today. Bennet is...
Bennet Statement on Egyptian President Mubarak’s Resignation
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement on the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, shifting power to the Egyptian military council...
Bennet Urges Inclusion of Plan to Recruit, Train 100,000 Teachers for High-Need Schools in Budget
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged President Barack Obama to include a plan to recruit and train 100,000 teachers to work in high-need schools in the budget proposal...
Bennet Pushes Bipartisan Line-Item Veto Proposal
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined a bipartisan group of Senators to call for passage of a bill to give the president line-item veto authority to reduce wasteful...