Press Releases

Bennet Joins Senators Booker, Brown, and Warnock on the Senate Floor to Champion Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit Expansions

Senators Call to Make Tax Credit Expansions in the American Rescue Plan Permanent

Mar 25, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet spoke on the Senate floor with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) about the expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the American Rescue Plan and the need to make these expansions permanent.
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Bennet, Gillibrand Announce Guidelines For ‘Health Force’ Program, Call for Equitable Hiring in Underserved Communities

As the Administration Implements Relief Package that Includes Investment in Public Health Jobs Based on Health Force, Senators Outline Congressional Intent to Guarantee Equitable, Efficient, and Sustainable Program

Mar 24, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) led a group of their colleagues in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlining recommendations and guidelines for the Biden Administration as it works to implement the Health Force program to combat the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Bennet, Cárdenas, Sánchez Lead 47 Colleagues in Urging Administration to Ensure Undocumented Immigrants Can Receive COVID-19 Care

Bicameral Letter Requests Clarified Guidance from HHS, CMS To Secure Emergency Medicaid Coverage of COVID-19 Testing, Treatment, and Vaccinations

Mar 19, 2021
Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and U.S. Representatives Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) and Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) led 10 Senate and 37 House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to ensure undocumented immigrants across the country can receive Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing, treatment, and vaccinations at no cost through emergency Medicaid.
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Bennet, Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Plant 1.2 Billion Trees on National Forests

The REPLANT Act Helps the U.S. Forest Service Carry Out Reforestation Projects to Address the Climate Crisis and Create Nearly 49,000 Jobs

Mar 18, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined his colleagues in introducing the Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees (REPLANT) Act.
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