Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with nearly three dozen of his colleagues, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding clarity on the Trump administration's position on the use of personal information collected from individuals as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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 today, with eight members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos urging her to address the dramatic increase in reports of harassment, bullying, and intimidation in schools since the election of President Trump.

As the White House finalizes its emergency declaration on opioid abuse, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined his colleagues today in calling on President Trump to follow the recommendations of his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis and allow the government to negotiate lower prices for naloxone, a life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced the Background Check Expansion Act, legislation led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) to expand federal background checks to the sale or transfer of all firearms, with certain reasonable exceptions such as transfers between family members and temporary transfers at shooting ranges or for sport.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the Senate's passage of the Protecting Patients Access to Emergency Medications Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Bennet and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would ensure emergency medical service (EMS) professionals can provide life-saving drugs and care to patients experiencing medical emergencies.

With deadly fires still raging across the West, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a bipartisan group of senators pressed Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a letter to include a wildfire funding fix in future disaster aid legislation in the Senate.

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."

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with more than 20 colleagues, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke urging the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals from Honduras and El Salvador living in the United States, who are contributing to the U.S. economy, paying taxes, and supporting their families.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the below statement following Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget resolution: