Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, co-sponsored the Continuing Emergency Support for Restaurants Act, led by U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), to provide $48 billion in additional funding to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF).

Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome Nearly $10 Million for Colorado from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Create Good-Paying Jobs, Support Coal Communities

Colorado Will Be Eligible for This Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Clean Up Hazardous Abandoned Mine Lands

Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed the Department of Interior’s (DOI) announcement that Colorado will be eligible for nearly $10 million from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs (IIJA) Act for Fiscal Year 2022 to reclaim and clean up abandoned mine lands (AML).
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and a group of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai calling for the Biden Administration to establish a more comprehensive exclusion process for imports from China subject to tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 in order to allow more small businesses and manufacturers to access relief.

Following Bennet’s Request, Biden Administration Will Cover Rapid COVID-19 Tests Through Medicare

Bennet And His Colleagues Urged The Administration To Make This Change to Support Colorado Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed the announcement that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will cover the cost of at-home, rapid Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests by early spring under traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

Bennet Applauds House Passage of the COMPETES Act

Legislation Includes Critical Investments in Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors, and 5G

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, applauded passage of the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Preeminence in Technology, and Economic Strength Act of 2022 (COMPETES) by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bennet Welcomes $79 Million for Forest Restoration, Recovery for Arapaho & Roosevelt, Routt and White River National Forests

After Calling for this Support in November 2020, Bennet Secured These Funds in the Government Spending Bill Signed Into Law in September

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, welcomed $79 million from the U.S. Forest Service to help Routt, White River and Arapaho & Roosevelt national forests recover from 2020 wildfires.

Bennet, Heinrich, Risch, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Hurdles for Good Samaritans to Clean Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines

Legislation Was Developed By Leaders Across the West to Support Efforts to Reduce Pollution from Abandoned Mines

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and several of their colleagues introduced the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, legislation to make it easier for “Good Samaritans” such as state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, to clean up and improve water quality in and around abandoned hardrock mines.

Bennet, Schumer Introduce Legislation to Invest in Outdoor Recreation, Promote Economic Growth In Rural Communities

The Rural Outdoor Investment Act Would Help Communities In Colorado and Across the Country Revitalize And Grow Their Economies Through The Outdoor Recreation Industry

Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced the Rural Outdoor Investment Act to promote economic growth in rural communities through strategic investment in outdoor recreation.