he Senate this week passed the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, a bill introduced by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Dean Heller (R-NV) that will reauthorize, strengthen, and extend the Sexual Assault Forensic Reporting program to help fight the nationwide rape kit backlog.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and his colleagues today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requesting information on the effect of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act highlighted in a recent report from the Washington Post and "60 Minutes."

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan, independent agency, requesting its review of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today spoke on the Senate floor about the Las Vegas shooting and the urgent need to address gun violence across the country.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today cosponsored the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, legislation to close a loophole in the law that allows semi-automatic firearms to be altered to fire at the rate of automatic weapons.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with 39 of his Senate colleagues, last week sent a letter to President Trump to express deep concern about the situation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with a group of Democratic senators, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos criticizing her decision to revoke guidance that directs schools on how to handle investigations of sexual assault and urging her to reverse course.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, a bill introduced by Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet that would reauthorize, strengthen, and extend the Sexual Assault Forensic Reporting program to reduce the national rape kit backlog.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement regarding reports of racial slurs written on the dormitory message boards of five cadet candidates at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with 28 colleagues, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos advising her not to rescind guidance that directs schools on how to handle investigations of campus sexual assault.