Press Releases

Bennet, Hickenlooper, DeGette, Crow, and Pettersen Welcome Nearly $39 Million for Colorado Flood Control Projects

Funding for Projects in Golden, Aurora, and Denver Comes from the Department of Transportation Grant Program Created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Apr 11, 2024
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette, Jason Crow, and Brittany Pettersen welcomed $38.6 million for three Colorado projects from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROTECT) grant program. Bennet and Hickenlooper sent letters supporting the applications for all three projects.
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ICYMI: Bennet Tours Peterson, Schriever Space Force Bases and Joint Commercial Operations at Catalyst Campus

Bennet’s Visit Follows Years-Long, Successful Effort to Keep Space Command in Colorado

Apr 08, 2024
Denver — In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet visited Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs last week after U.S. Space Command reached Full Operational Capability in December. During the tour, Bennet was briefed by U.S. military leaders on emerging threats in space, a...
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Neguse Applaud Withdrawal to Protect Thompson Divide and Mt. Emmons

Department of the Interior’s Decision Will Protect Over 221,000 Acres of Public Lands on the Western Slope for the Next 20 Years

Apr 03, 2024
Denver — Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper alongside U.S. Representative Joe Neguse celebrated the U.S. Department of the Interior’s announcement of a 20-year mineral withdrawal in the Thompson Divide. The withdrawal will prohibit future oil and gas leasing and new mining in the region. The wit...
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Crow Welcome VA Guidance to Help Homelessness Veterans

Guidance Follows Lawmakers’ Call to VA and HUD to Reduce Bureaucracy Keeping Veterans in Aurora from Accessing Assistance

Apr 02, 2024
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, alongside Colorado U.S. Representative Jason Crow, welcomed guidance from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that will help public housing authorities (PHAs) screen and refer eligible veterans for the HUD-VA Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) Program.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome Final Rule to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations on Public and Lands

BLM’s Announcement Follows Bennet and Hickenlooper’s Calls for BLM to Follow Colorado’s Lead, Prevent Wasteful Venting, Flaring on Public and Tribal Lands

Mar 29, 2024
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper applauded the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final rule to reduce harmful methane emissions from oil and gas operations on public and Tribal lands.
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Ahead of Cesar Chavez Day, Bennet, Stabenow, Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Support Farm Workers, Address Agricultural Labor Crisis

Legislation Would Reform H-2A Visa Program, Create Wage Certainty for Farmers, Provide Pathway to Legal Status for Undocumented Farm Workers

Mar 28, 2024
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, alongside U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) reintroduced the Affordable and Secure Food Act.
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