Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the statement below after a deal was reached to temporarily reopen the government: “For 35 days, more than 800,000 public...
Bennet, Colleagues Sound Alarm: Trump Shutdown Threatens Wildfire Preparedness
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with 11 Democratic colleagues, pressed for an end to the shutdown that President Trump and congressional Republicans have inflicted on the...
Bennet on Senate Floor: Other Nations Invest in their Futures While United States Sets Record for Longest Shutdown in U.S. History
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today spoke on the Senate floor, calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring House-passed bills to reopen the government—which...
Bennet, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill Requiring President Trump to Publicly Release His Tax Returns
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, this week reintroduced a bill to require current presidents and future presidential nominees to...
Bennet Statement on Short-Term Funding Measure
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement after voting to keep the government open. The Senate passed a short-term measure to extend...
Bennet Introduces Budget Reform and Deficit Reduction Plan
Washington, D.C. – At today’s bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform markup, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced his comprehensive plan to overhaul...
Bennet, Gardner, Polis, Buck Urge FEMA to Reimburse Counties for Flood Disaster Recovery Projects
COLORADO – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) and U.S. Representatives Jared Polis (D) and Ken Buck (R) today joined together to urge Federal Emergency Management...
Bennet Introduces Spotlight Act to Reverse Dark Money Rule and Increase Transparency in Elections
Washington, D.C. — Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced the Spotlight Act to hold Washington accountable with a push to overturn a new rule allowing special interests to hide those...
Senator Bennet, Rep. Sarbanes Introduce the CLEAN Politics Act
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) today introduced the Curtailing Lobbyists and Empowering Americans for a New...
Bennet Introduces Bill to Prohibit Partisan Gerrymandering
Washington, D.C. – Following Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions on partisan gerrymandering, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced the Fair Maps Act of 2018. The legislation would...