Press Releases

In Vail, Bennet Announces His SHRED Act Would Generate Over $17 Million Each Year for Colorado Communities and National Forests

Bennet Met with Vail Resorts, Local Leaders To Discuss Economic Benefits of SHRED Act at the Base of Vail Mountain

Aug 17, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet met with community leaders from the ski industry, the White River National Forest, and local governments at the base of Vail Mountain to discuss the benefits of his bipartisan Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act.
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Bennet Statement on Afghanistan

Aug 16, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on Afghanistan.
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Bennet Surveys Damage to I-70 Through Glenwood Canyon, Discusses Federal Support Needed to Repair the Road & Protect the Colorado River with CDOT and Local Leaders

Last Week, Bennet and Hickenlooper Led Colorado Congressional Delegation in Supporting the State’s Initial Request for Emergency Federal Resources to Aid Response Efforts

Aug 15, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet surveyed the damage to I-70 through Glenwood Canyon and met with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and local leaders to better understand the additional federal resources needed to support the effort to clean up and repair the extensive structural damage to the highway and the Colorado River.
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NEWS: Bennet Highlights Treasury Data Showing Increase in Number of Colorado Families Who Received the Second Expanded Child Tax Credit Payment

1,024,000 Colorado Kids Received Payments in August So Far, According to Treasury

Aug 13, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet highlighted new data from the U.S. Department of the Treasury showing that 1,024,000 Colorado kids received expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments in August as compared to 992,000 in July — an increase of 32,000 Colorado kids.
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Bennet, Colleagues Seek to Create New Domestic Manufacturing Investment Corporation

Senators Propose U.S.-owned Industrial Finance Corporation to Invest in Innovative American Manufacturing

Aug 12, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced the Industrial Finance Corporation Act, new legislation which would establish the Industrial Finance Corporation of the United States (IFCUS).
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Bennet, Warren, Khanna, Phillips to Introduce the CBO FAIR Scoring Act

Bill Allows Legislators to Formally Consider the Impacts of Legislation on People of All Socioeconomic Backgrounds, Design Policies That More Effectively Advance Racial and Economic Equity

Aug 11, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) will introduce the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Fiscal Analysis by Income and Race (FAIR) Scoring Act, legislation that seeks to provide policymakers with standardized, non-partisan data about the real-world effects of their policies.
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Bennet, Colleagues Unveil Comprehensive Bill to Improve Nursing Homes for Residents And Workers

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Claimed the Lives of More Than 184,000 Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Residents and Workers

Aug 11, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve quality of care and oversight after the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic took the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents and workers in nursing homes.
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