Press Releases

Bennet: Ouray Sawtooth Mountain Ranch Project Finds Funding

Majestic mountain property to be preserved for years to come

Aug 06, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that the Sawtooth Mountain Ranch has received the necessary funds through the Forest Legacy Project to be protected from future development. The Forest Legacy Program is a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation program designed to protect environmentally importan...
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Bennet Holds Mobile Townhall on Roaring Fork Valley VelociRFTA

Aug 05, 2014
Stop is Part of Colorado Infrastructure Tour Highlighting Critical Need to Maintain Infrastructure and Build New Projects Comes in Wake of Congressional Inaction on Long-Term Solution for Highway Trust Fund Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet met with local civic, business, and transit leaders aboard the VelociRFTA Rapi...
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Bennet, Hancock Tour DIA Development, Discuss Infrastructure Innovation

Stop is Part of Colorado Infrastructure Tour Highlighting Critical Need to Maintain Infrastructure and Build New Projects

Aug 05, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on a tour of the East Line development adjacent to Denver International Airport (DIA) and other future development sites surrounding the airport to see firsthand how infrastructure investment is boosting economic development. The stop is part of Bennet...
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Bennet Statement on Oil and Gas Drilling Compromise

Aug 04, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the announcement that negotiators have reached an agreement to create a task force charged with reviewing current oil and gas practices in the state and making recommendations to the legislature to give local communities more input over oil and gas drilling. &...
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Bennet Tours Twin Tunnels on Colorado Infrastructure Tour

Highlights Colorado Infrastructure Projects, Discusses Need for Investment, Innovation

Aug 04, 2014
On his Infrastructure Colorado: Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and More tour, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today visited the Twin Tunnels construction site on Interstate-70, where the Colorado Department of Transportation is working to widen the tunnel to reduce congestion along the highway. Bennet is using the tour to high...
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Bennet Launches Infrastructure Tour with Mobile Town Hall on W Line

Highlights Colorado Infrastructure Projects, Discusses Need for Investment, Innovation

Aug 04, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today kicked off his statewide Infrastructure Colorado: Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and More tour at the newly re-opened Denver Union Station, where he held a mobile town hall on the W line to Federal Center in Lakewood. Bennet is using the tour to highlight Colorado infrastructure projects and...
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Bennet, Udall Welcome $130 Million in Federal Transportation Funding to Fix Flood-Damaged Roads, Highways

Flood-Recovery Funds Released Thanks to Bennet's, Udall's Work to Lift Cap on Emergency Funding

Aug 01, 2014
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall heralded the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's release of $130 million in flood-recovery funds to Colorado to repair roads and highways damaged in the September 2013 flood. Udall and Bennet successfully secured the funds for Colorado last year by lifting a...
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Minority of Senators Blocks Emergency Aid for Wildfires, Refugee Crisis

Bennet Urges Congress to Find Path Forward

Jul 31, 2014
Following the Senate’s failed vote to advance a bill that would provide emergency aid for wildfires and the refugee crisis, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called on his colleagues to work together to find a path forward for these crises. The bill includes $615 million in emergency firefighting funds for the U.S. Forest ...
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Bennet, Senate Send VA Reform Bill to President's Desk

Jul 31, 2014
Bennet Cosponsored Bipartisan Legislation Continues to Push for Structural Reforms to Deliver Services that Colorado Veterans Earned Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined his Senate colleagues to give final approval to a bipartisan bill designed to help address the extreme delays many veterans face when they attempt to a...
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