Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R), along with Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D), Joe Neguse (D), Jason Crow (D), and Ed Perlmutter (D), demanded Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma provide an explanation for HHS’s decision to allocate the first $30 billion of funding relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in a manner that excludes many rural hospitals and other providers on the brink of financial ruin.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie and U.S. Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Michael Rigas urging them to review current requirements to address staffing shortfalls at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Denver.

This week, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging them to include key Colorado priorities in any future legislative package Congress considers in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 20 of his Senate colleagues urged the Trump Administration to ensure transit agencies can acquire personal protective equipment (PPE) for their frontline workers during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider the needs of rural hospitals and providers with a higher share of Medicaid and Medicare patients as HHS distributes the $100 billion health care funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet held a telephone town hall where he provided Coloradans with an update on the federal response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and answered questions from participants

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation sent a letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, requesting increased transparency on personal protective equipment (PPE) shipments and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) supply chain management process.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 36 of his Democratic colleagues pressed the Trump Administration to take additional action to ensure workers receive unemployment insurance as quickly as possible.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and the entire Colorado Congressional Delegation, sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia requesting urgent and comprehensive guidance for implementation of unemployment insurance programs related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded over $24 million to 20 community health centers across Colorado. Bennet pushed for the community health center funding to be included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.