Today, Colorado Politics highlighted an interview with Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet following his remarks celebrating federal investments in Western water infrastructure that he helped secure in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act at the Colorado Water Congress Summer Conference. Bennet was joined at the conference by other members of the Colorado Congressional delegation.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, and U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Communities Act to help American agriculture and communities become more resilient to drought and flooding by improving the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program (also known as “PL-566”).

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overruled the Surface Transportation Board (STB) approval of the Uinta Basin Railway Project.

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Connecting Our Neighbors to Networks and Ensuring Competitive Telecommunications (CONNECT) Act of 2023 to reform the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ReConnect Loan and Grant Program.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined bipartisan Senate colleagues in introducing two pieces of legislation to protect veterans and their families from fraud and to expand support for families whose loved ones died in service to our country.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed the announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) that $8.7 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law would be made available for drought mitigation efforts in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Fiscal Year 2023.

On Friday, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined leaders from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to see ongoing recovery efforts for the East Troublesome fire.

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Farmers’ Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act to support local farmers and increase access to affordable and healthy food options for seniors, families, and young children.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and 29 of their Senate colleagues in urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan to finalize strong and broadly applicable fossil fuel-fired power plant standards that will maximize carbon pollution reductions from all polluting sources as swiftly as possible.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet alongside U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to increase access to behavioral, psychological, and mental health services in rural areas.