Press Releases

Support Grows for Bennet’s National Emergency Student Vote Act

As Pandemic Pushes More Colleges to Remote Learning, Bennet Proposal to Help Students Vote During Pandemic Reaches 18 Senate Cosponsors

Aug 19, 2020
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) along with U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) continue to build support for their National Emergency Student Vote Act, legislation to help college students exercise their right to vote in the 2020 elections even as millions are displaced from campus due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Bennet, Polis, Griswold, Weiser, López Blast Trump’s Sabotage of Vote-By-Mail and USPS, Point to Colorado as a National Model for Universal Vote-By-Mail

Aug 17, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Governor Jared Polis, Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Attorney General Phil Weiser, and Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul D. López confronted President Donald Trump’s baseless attacks on vote-by-mail and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and pointed to Colorado’s success as a national model.
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Bennet Demands Postmaster General Take Immediate Action to Address Delivery Delays of Veterans’ Prescription Drugs

Senators: “USPS needs to immediately cease operational changes that are causing mail delays so that veterans do not needlessly suffer from illnesses exacerbated by delayed medication deliveries”

Aug 17, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and 28 Senate colleagues in demanding immediate action following reports of significant delays in veterans’ prescription medications through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
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Bennet, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Establish Independent Oversight, Increase Accountability, Transparency at Chief U.S. Trade Agency

USTR Inspector General Act of 2020 Cosponsored by All Senate Finance Committee Democrats

Aug 13, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and a group of their colleagues introduced bicameral legislation to establish an Inspector General (IG) for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to provide independent oversight, and increase transparency and accountability at the agency, which has recently come under increased scrutiny over reports and allegations of political favoritism, inconsistent policy implementation, and conflicts of interest.
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Bennet, Entire Senate Democratic Caucus Urge USPS to Fix Delays, Avoid Cost Increases for Election Mail

Letter Follows Reports that USPS Will Depart from Long-Standing Practice of Prioritizing Election Mail, Delaying Delivery Times Unless States Pay More

Aug 13, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter urging U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to provide answers regarding reports of recent changes to long-standing practices at USPS that would result in increased delivery times and costs for election mail, and urged him not to take any further action that makes it harder and more expensive for states and election jurisdictions to mail ballots.
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Bennet, Members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation Express Concern Over Trump Administration Decision to Cut Census Efforts Short

In Letter, Lawmakers Request Extension of Enumeration Period through October 31, 2020 in Next COVID-19 Relief Package

Aug 12, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D), Jason Crow (D), Joe Neguse (D), and Ed Perlmutter (D) in a letter to Congressional leadership expressing their concern over the Trump Administration’s decision to end census field data collection activities by the end of September.
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