Press Releases

Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall introduced an amendment to the U.S. House of Representative’s proposal to keep the government running for the next six months, commonly called the Continuing...

Rick Palkowitsh, a Burlington corn farmer, joined Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today at a meeting of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee on the 2012 Farm Bill, drought, and...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today praised the passage of their bill in the...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet praised a new partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today praised the decision by President Obama to designate Chimney Rock as a national monument. The president will use his authority under the Antiquities Act of...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet praised an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it would make available an additional $11.8 million in assistance to help crop and...

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet marked the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The festivities, which occur from September 15 to October 15, celebrate the many histories and cultures...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today praised the formal establishment of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area in the San Luis Valley, which Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed today. ...

Dr. David Longanecker, president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), joined Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today at a hearing on college affordability held by...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged officials at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to reconsider proposed regulations that could block programs to help homeowners finance energy...