Press Releases

Bennet, Brown, DeLauro, DelBene Reintroduce Major Proposal to Cut Taxes for Families with Children

Legislation Would Overhaul Child Tax Credit and Reduce Child Poverty by 38 Percent

Mar 06, 2019
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA), today reintroduced the American Family Act of 2019 to overhaul the existing Child Tax Credit and make it a dramatically more effective tool for supporting middle-class families with kids and reducing child poverty.
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Bennet, Gardner & Colleagues Introduce PFAS Action Plan of 2019

Bipartisan bill would designate PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances under our environmental protection laws

Mar 01, 2019
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), with a bipartisan group of colleagues, today introduced legislation that would mandate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within one year of enactment, declare per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances eligible for cleanup funds under the EPA Superfund law, and also enable a requirement that polluters undertake or pay for remediation.
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Bennet, Hoeven Reintroduce Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act

Bipartisan Legislation Would Ensure ELD, HOS Reforms Work in Real-World Conditions

Feb 28, 2019
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hoeven (R-ND) today reintroduced the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act, bipartisan legislation to reform the Hours of Service (HOS) and Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Bennet, Gardner, Colleagues Secure $3 Million Grant Match for Southwest Chief

TIGER Grant & funding partnerships will result in an investment of more than $26 million in the Southwest Chief

Feb 27, 2019
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today announced that Amtrak at long last will provide $3 million in matching funds to complete the federal TIGER IX grant awarded in the beginning of 2018 for safety upgrades and maintenance on the train’s route in Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico.
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Bennet Reintroduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Study Effects of Technology and Media on Children

Bill would commission research on children’s technology use and outcomes including addiction, bullying, and depression

Feb 26, 2019
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today reintroduced the Children and Media Research Advancement (CAMRA) Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a research program on technology and media’s effects on infants, children, and adolescents in core areas of cognitive, physical, and socio-emotional development.
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Bennet Statement on Inclusion of El Paso County in Nationwide Water Contamination Study

Following Bennet Request, Community Near Peterson AFB to be One of Eight Sites in Assessment of PFAS Exposure

Feb 22, 2019
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced that El Paso County will be included in a national study to examine the health effects of exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), chemicals that have contaminated drinking water sources in Colorado and across the country.
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