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Bennet, Young’s Bipartisan RESTART Act Reaches 54 Co-Sponsors in Senate

Momentum Continues to Build as Pair of Senators Push for Proposal to be Included in Next Relief Package

Aug 07, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced that their Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-twenty (RESTART) Act now has 54 bipartisan co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate.
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Bennet Joins Carper, 55 Colleagues in Bicameral Letter to White House Demanding Release of Public Records about Fast-Tracked Projects

Members: “These reports contain information on how billions of taxpayer dollars will be spent on projects impacting the health and safety of their communities… By keeping these reports from the public, this administration is concealing its own response to the economic crisis brought on by the COVID

Aug 07, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and 55 of their Congressional colleagues in urging the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to release public records about the Trump Administration’s implementation of the president’s executive order signed June 4, 2020.
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Bennet Introduces Legislation to Implement PPP-Fix to Ensure Tribes, Tribal Businesses Have Full Access to PPP Loans

Bill Would Ensure Tribes, Tribal Businesses Receive Full Federal Relief They are Due

Aug 05, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced the Tribal Business Access to PPP Act, common-sense legislation to ensure tribal businesses across the country have full access to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in order to weather the economic crisis precipitated by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Bennet Statement on President Trump Signing the Great American Outdoors Act into Law

Senator Thanks Coloradans Who Worked Tirelessly to Fully Fund LWCF, Invest in Our Public Lands, and Support Colorado’s Economy, Calls for Passage of the CORE Act

Aug 04, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law. Bennet has worked for over a decade to fully fund LWCF and reduce the public lands maintenance backlog.
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Howard Schultz, Prominent Business Leaders Urge Inclusion of Bennet, Young’s RESTART Act in Next Coronavirus Relief Package

Aug 03, 2020
Today, in a letter to Congressional leaders, entrepreneur and philanthropist Howard Schultz and more than 100 current and former prominent CEOs of some of America’s largest companies, major trade associations, and successful small businesses, expressed support for the RESTART Act – bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.).
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Bennet, Intelligence Committee Democrats Demand Answers from Homeland Security Intelligence on Role in Portland Protests

Senators Express Concern about Multiple Press Revelations Regarding Domestic Surveillance Conducted by DHS Office of Intelligence & Analysis

Jul 31, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and his fellow Democrats on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis Brian Murphy demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide information to the Committee about the role its Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has played in responding to the protests in Portland, Oregon.
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Bennet Urges Administration to Rectify Immigration Enforcement and Detention Policies That Violate Standards Put in Place During and Prior to the Pandemic

ICE Hasn’t Adequately Treated Detainees Who Tested Positive, Demonstrated Serious Symptoms of COVID-19

Jul 31, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet pressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to fix the unjust immigration enforcement and detention policies this Administration continues to enforce during the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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