Press Releases

After Calls from Bennet, Department of Transportation Selects New Carrier to Provide Essential Air Service at San Luis Valley Regional Airport

Last Month, Bennet Called on DOT to Quickly Find a New Carrier After SkyWest Airlines Discontinued Essential Air Service to Alamosa

May 16, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet applauded the Department of Transportation (DOT) for swiftly selecting Key Lime Air Corporation (dba Denver Air Connection) as a new airline carrier to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) for the San Luis Valley Regional Airport.
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Bennet Joins Colleagues In Introducing Bipartisan LIFELINE Act to Unlock American Rescue Plan Funds for Affordable Housing Development

May 16, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a group of his colleagues introduced the bipartisan LIHTC Financing Enabling Long-term Investment in Neighborhood Excellence (LIFELINE) Act to improve state and local governments’ ability to use Fiscal Recovery Plan Funds for the nation’s largest affordable housing funding tool, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).
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Bennet, King, Portman Celebrate Funding to Deliver Affordable, High-Speed Internet to Every American

Today’s Funding Announcement for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Based on the Senators’ Bipartisan BRIDGE Act

May 13, 2022
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) celebrated the launch of the Biden Administration’s initiative to invest $45 billion to provide affordable, reliable, high-speed internet for every American by the end of the decade as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Bennet, Colleagues Push Infant Formula Manufacturers To Address Crisis, Get Formula On Shelves As Soon As Possible

Senators Call On Infant Formula Manufacturers To Increase Production, Prevent Future Supply Chain Disruption, And Get Formula To Parents

May 13, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined over 30 of his Senate Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America, calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families the formula they need to feed their kids.
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Bennet Requests Increased Funding to Hire Law Enforcement and Support Community Policing

In Letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations, Bennet and His Colleagues Request $537 Million for the COPS Hiring Program In Fiscal Year 2023

May 12, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a group of his colleagues this week requested increased funding for the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill.
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Bennet Introduces Landmark Legislation to Establish Federal Commission to Oversee Digital Platforms

First-of-Its-Kind Legislation Would Empower an Expert Federal Body to Provide Comprehensive Oversight of Digital Platforms

May 12, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced the Digital Platform Commission Act, the first-ever legislation in Congress to create an expert federal body empowered to provide comprehensive, sector-specific regulation of digital platforms to protect consumers, promote competition, and defend the public interest.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Push for SAFE Banking Act To Be Included in Bipartisan Innovation and Competition Bill

Bipartisan Group of Senators Call for Cannabis Businesses To Be Able to Access Safe & Secure Banking Services

May 12, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined their colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging congressional leadership to include the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2021 in the final version of the Bipartisan Innovation and Competition legislation currently being negotiated between the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Bennet Unveils Legislation to Provide Lasting Support to Colorado’s Energy Communities Facing Economic Transition

New Bill Written With Input from Northwest Colorado Leaders Would Support Economic Development and Diversification in Communities That Have Historically Relied on Fossil Fuels to Power Their Economies

May 11, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced the National Energy Community Transition Act to support economic development and diversification in communities across Colorado that have historically relied on fossil fuel-related power generation, production, or extraction and now face significant declines in tax revenue that sustain core public services, such as hospitals and schools.
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