Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed the House’s passage of his Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, which was included in the larger Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)...
Bennet: Failure to Avert Sequestration is Emblematic of Washington Dysfunction
With no deal in sight to avoid sequestration, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement: “Washington again finds itself at a moment unable to find any common ground and...
Bennet Calls on House to Pass Senate Version of VAWA
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which passed the Senate two weeks...
Bennet Congratulates Project Sanctuary on Winning Grant from First Command Financial Services
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today congratulated Project Sanctuary on winning a $100,000 grant from First Command Financial Services to help build a permanent retreat center in Colorado. The...
Bennet to Chair Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today was named chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight. The Finance Committee formally approved the panel’s six subcommittees...
Bennet Encourages Committees to Include Climate Change in Their Agendas
Referencing the local impacts of a warming climate, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet today encouraged the relevant chairs of all the Senate committees he sits on to address climate change by holding...
Bennet Accepting Applications for Summer Internships in Colorado and Washington Offices
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is accepting internship applications from undergraduate students, recent graduates, and graduate students for his Washington, DC and Colorado offices. In...
Bennet Highlights Need for Wildfire Recovery Funds at Flying W Ranch
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and local officials today visited the famous Flying W Ranch in Colorado Springs to highlight the need for federal resources to support wildfire recovery efforts....
Bennet: More Vestas Layoffs the Result of Congress’ Late Action on Wind PTC
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the announcement that Vestas will reduce the size of its workforce at its blade factories in Windsor and Brighton, Colorado....
HHS Announces Workgroup on Health Technology and Mobile Medical Apps, Bennet Encourages Coloradans to Apply
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced it is forming a workgroup of experts from the business, patient, and consumer communities to provide input on further...
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