Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged the Senate to support the wind production tax credit (PTC) which is currently up for debate as part of a broader Tax Extenders bill. Bennet included a two-year extension of the wind PTC in the Tax Extenders bill during debate in the Senate Finance Committee. Bennet worked with Rep...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement today on the grand opening of Denver’s Union Station: “Today’s grand opening of Denver’s Union Station pays homage to the legacy of the miners and pioneers who understood what a magnificent future lay ahead for the tiny settlement of Denve...

Following a call from Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Representative Scott Tipton, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it will propose adding the Colorado Smelter site in Pueblo to the National Priorities List through the agency’s Superfund program. The members of the delegation ...

Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced the Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act -- which makes smart updates to the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) that provides startup, replication and expansion funding for high-qualit...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Congressman Scott Tipton welcomed a D.C. District Court judge's decision today to grant the U.S. Fish and Wildfire Service and other litigants a six-month extension of the decision deadline on the proposed Endangered Species Act listing of the Gunnison sage grouse. Bennet, Udall, an...

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee today held a hearing to discuss the need for investment in roads, highways, and other transportation projects. The panel heard from a range of experts about how Congress can address the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund. The trust fund is expected to go bankrupt by August, leaving no fun...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today called on Congress to heed the warnings of the National Climate Assessment released today and to begin work together on solutions to mitigate the effects climate change is already having on the United States. The administration today released the 2014 National Climate Assessment, which s...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today marked Cinco de Mayo by recognizing the many contributions Mexican-Americans make to Colorado and the United States. Cinco de Mayo commemorates May 5, 1862, when Mexicans won an unlikely victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla, part of their struggle for independence and freedom. ...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today conveying the concerns Colorado producers have with certain provisions of the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA). While thanking the FDA for its clarification of the rules on spent grains, Bennet said there...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennat and Mark Udall and Congressman Scott Tipton welcomed an agreement today between the U.S. Fish and Wildfire Service and other litigants to come together to seek an extension of the decision deadline on the proposed Endangered Species Act listing of the Gunnison sage grouse. The extension will afford the ...