Bennet, Wicker, Stabenow, Colleagues Introduce LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Legislation Would Restore Advance Refunding for Local Governments

Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.), introduced the Lifting Our Communities through Advance Liquidity for Infrastructure (LOCAL Infrastructure) Act.

Bennet, Wyden, Baldwin, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Support Economic Recovery, Finance Six Months of Wages

Program Would Support Long-Term Economic Recovery by Providing Dollar-for-Dollar Federal Funding of State Jobs Programs When Unemployment Rate is Above 7 Percent

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.) introduced legislation to support the economic recovery by immediately financing six months of wages and supportive services for unemployed workers.

Bennet, Colleagues Criticize Trump EPA’s Failure to Listen to Experts and Protect Americans from Harmful Pollution

Senators: “Hundreds of thousands of lives could be lost every year if this proposal is finalized; lives that are disproportionately in low-income communities, communities of color, and Tribal and Indigenous communities.”

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 13 Senate Democrats pushed back against Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s decision to ignore public health experts and insufficiently protect Americans from particulate matter (PM).

Bennet Introduces Legislation to Help Bridge Digital Divide by Deploying Affordable, High-Speed Broadband Nationwide

Senator’s BRIDGE Act of 2020 Would Provide Flexible Funding to States and Tribal Governments to Deploy “Future-Proof” Broadband Networks Able to Meet Communities' Needs for Years to Come

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy (BRIDGE) Act of 2020 to deploy affordable, high-speed broadband networks nationwide.

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Express Concern over Amtrak Job Cuts, Reduced Hours of Service

Bennet, Colleagues Express Opposition to Reducing National Network Long-Distance Train Services to Three Days Per Week

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of bipartisan colleagues in a letter to the President of Amtrak, William Flynn, opposing their plans to terminate one out of every five employees – putting thousands out of work — and reducing the hours of operation of the National Network long distance trains, including the Southwest Chief.
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced he will nominate William Perry Pendley to become director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages nearly 250 million acres of public land, including more than eight million acres in Colorado.