Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the announcement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that the U.S. Forest Service is in the final stages of procuring four additional air tankers to aid wildfire suppression efforts. The additional tankers will bring the fleet up to 21 large air tankers available. Bennet, a m...

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it has designated 94 national forest areas in 35 states for expedited insect and disease treatments. In Colorado, over 9.6 million acres in the Arapaho-Roosevelt, Grand Mesa, Gunnison, Pike, Rio-Grande, Ro...

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, Mark Udall, and Congressman Scott Tipton are requesting that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) designate the Colorado River basin as a Critical Conservation Area (CCA) under the 2014 Farm Bill’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The designation will pro...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has made an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Colorado due to the Red Mountain Pass rockslide that occurred in January. The rockslide completely closed a stretch of U.S. 550 from Ouray to Silverton for a month...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement after a minority of Senators used a procedural vote to block the bipartisan tax extenders bill, which includes a two-year extension of the wind production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC) he helped secure. “This is yet another example of Was...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet marked National Small Business Week today with the launch of his Small Business Resource Guide. The guide, which can be viewed here, helps match the needs of Colorado businesses with local, state, and federal resources. “Small businesses form the backbone of our state and national econom...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today discussed the crucial need to repair, improve, and upgrade our infrastructure to help maintain the United States’ competitiveness in the changing global economy at the “America’s Infrastructure Opportunity: Bridging the Financing Gap” conference. “We’r...

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...

Final Satellite Export Regulations Released, Will Promote Competitiveness of Colorado Aerospace Businesses Bennet wrote, passed bill leading to reforms Washington, DC – The U.S. Departments of Commerce and State today published final changes to regulations that control the exports of satellites and related items. The new ...

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...