Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R), member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, applauded the committee’s passage of the Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act and the Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act, a significant step towards protecting our country’s energy grid from cyberattacks.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) joined a group of Western senators in introducing bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program to provide long-term financial security for rural counties.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced he is a cosponsor of legislation to extend the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through Fiscal Year 2020.

Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) introduced The Broadband Transparency and Accountability Act of 2019 to reform how broadband companies report, and the federal government verifies and shares, data on affordable internet access across the country.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) introduced the Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act and the Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act today to protect the country’s energy grid from cyber-attacks.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it would scrap plans to close or privatize 25 Forest Service-run Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers, including the Collbran Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center on the Western Slope.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) along with U.S. Congressman Scott Tipton (CO-03) today applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to uphold their previous decision allowing Denver television broadcasts for satellite viewers in La Plata County.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 18 senators and 33 representatives in pushing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to reverse their decision to shut down Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC) and end the program in its current form.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to reconsider his reported proposal to cap spending for the Universal Service Fund (USF), the program responsible for increasing access to essential communications services, including broadband, for all Americans.

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) today welcomed passage of the U.S. House of Representatives companion bill to their Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act.