Includes Bennet’s Bill to Treat LNG Equally to Diesel Fuel Also Contains Bennet-Udall Bill to Help Improve Rural Water Infrastructure The Senate Finance Committee today approved a bill to...
Bennet Joins Udall, Murray Bill to Protect Women’s Health Following Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision
Jul 9, 2014
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet will join Senators Mark Udall and Patty Murray to introduce the Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act. It will restore the...
Bennet Meets with VA Nominee Robert McDonald
Jul 9, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today met with Robert McDonald, the president’s nominee to serve as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Bennet stressed the importance of completing...
Bennet-Portman Pay-for-Success Measure to Become Law
Jul 9, 2014
House Passage Sends WIA to President’s Desk Bipartisan Bill Supports High-Performing Providers of Job-Training Services, Ensures Workers Equipped with 21st Century Skills A proposal from U.S....
Bennet: Congress Should Address Border Crisis, Wildfire Emergencies
Jul 8, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged Congress to support emergency appropriations to address the influx of unaccompanied minors at the border and to make crucial resources available to...
Ten Southwest and San Luis Valley Counties Receive Drought Disaster Designations from USDA
Jul 2, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued disaster designations for ten Southwest and San Luis Valley counties due to severe drought...
Bennet, Udall, Polis, Perlmutter Herald Decision for CU, CSU to Host U.S. Hub for International Future Earth Initiative
Jul 2, 2014
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Congressmen Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter heralded the International Council for Science's decision today to locate one of the five international hubs...
Bennet Seeks Interns for Fall Semester in Washington, Colorado Offices
Jul 2, 2014
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 addition...
Bennet Hears about Colorado River Conservation Projects in Montrose
Jul 1, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet met with local stakeholders in Montrose to hear about their conservation project proposals that are now eligible for federal funding following the Critical...
Bennet Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
Jun 30, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The 5-4 decision stated that closely held companies cannot be required to...