Press Releases

Bennet, King, Bipartisan Colleagues Push Senate Appropriations Leaders to Address Planned Veterans Health Agency Staffing Cuts in Upcoming Funding Bill

As Veterans Face Widespread Understaffing at VA Facilities, Senators Push for Report on Where & How Staffing Cuts Will Affect Service

May 08, 2024
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Angus King (I-Maine), alongside 15 of their Senate colleagues, called on U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations leaders to address planned job cuts within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) that could increase wait times and make it harder for veterans and their families to access care.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Crow, 82 Bipartisan, Bicameral Colleagues Oppose Air Force Proposal to Override Governors’ Authority, Strip National Guard Units

Lawmakers’ Letter Rejects Inclusion of Air Force’s Legislative Proposal 480 in Upcoming Defense Budget

May 07, 2024
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and U.S. Representative Jason Crow alongside 82 bipartisan, bicameral colleagues, called on the U.S. Senate and House Armed Service Committees to reject a flawed proposal from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) intended for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) National Defense Authorization (NDAA).
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Bennet, Collins, Pascrell, Malliotakis Reintroduce Bill to Make High-Rise Apartments Safer for Residents, Firefighters

Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Updates Federal Tax Code to Help Modernize Buildings Completed Before Fire Codes Required Sprinklers

May 02, 2024
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Susan Collins (R-Maine), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), another co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) reintroduced the High-Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act to help place more sprinklers in older high-rise residential buildings where fires are especially dangerous.
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Bennet, Heinrich, Merkley, Caraveo, Vasquez, 26 Western Colleagues Push Biden Administration to Support American West Amid Historic Drought

Lawmakers from Colorado, New Mexico, California, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, & Montana Urge USDA to “Bring All Resources to Bear” to Address Long-Term Drought

Apr 29, 2024
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and U.S. Representatives Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) alongside 26 Senate and House colleagues representing Western states called on the Biden administration to make further investments to address long-term drought caused by climate change.
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Bennet Welcomes Final EPA Rules Limiting Harmful Power Plant Pollution

EPA Rules, in Combination with Inflation Reduction Act Investments, Expected to Reduce Power Sector Carbon Emissions 75% from 2005 Levels by 2035

Apr 25, 2024
Denver — Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest rules limiting harmful pollution from the power sector, including its rule targeting carbon emissions from existing coal and new gas power plants. The EPA’s rules come eight months after Bennet joined 29 other...
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Bennet, Schumer, Brown Push USDA to Support Rural Communities, Boost Outdoor Recreation Economy

Senators’ Letter Follows Feedback from State Leaders About Need to Expand USDA Community Facility Funding Eligibility to Grow Rural Economies

Apr 25, 2024
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make outdoor recreation projects eligible for funding through USDA’s Community Facilities Program (CFP).
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