Press Releases

IRS to Waive Low-Income Housing Limits for Colorado Flood Victims

Sep 30, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) announcement that it is waiving certain low-income housing limitations for victims of Colorado’s recent floods. The decision will allow owners and operators of low-income housing facilities to provide temporary emergency housing to ...
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Bennet, Udall Request USDA Expedite Flood Assistance

Emphasizes Resources Must Be Deployed, Even if the Government Shuts Down

Sep 30, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture expedite emergency resources to help Colorado communities recover from the recent floods. Federal resources through the USDA’s Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Environmen...
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Bennet Statement on Senate Vote to Avoid Government Shutdown

Sep 27, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the below statement following his vote to avoid a government shutdown and support the Senate’s Continuing Resolution to keep the government running after September 30. “There is no way that any Mayor or any City Council in Colorado would show up for work and say we mig...
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Bennet to VA: Let's Work Together to Reduce Vet Suicide

Sep 27, 2013
Twenty-two vets commit suicide daily; Bennet-commissioned report aims to address issue September is Suicide Prevention Month U.S. Senator Michael Bennet recognized Suicide Prevention Month today by urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to work with him to address the staggering number of suicides committed by veterans...
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Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Secure the Drug Supply Chain and Address High-Risk Drug Compounding Practices

Bennet's Bipartisan Track-and-Trace Bill Included in Proposal

Sep 26, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a bipartisan group of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee senators to announce that they have reached an agreement with health policy leaders in the House of Representatives on a bill to track all prescription drugs from the point they are manufactured to the dr...
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Senate Passes Bennet-Alexander Bill to Reduce Premature Births

PREEMIE Reauthorization Act will help reduce infant deaths and disabilities through increased research and prevention of premature births

Sep 26, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today praised the Senate passage and urged swift House action on their bill to reduce infant deaths and disabilities by expanding research, education, and intervention activities...
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Colorado Springs Utilities to be Honored Nationally for Department of Defense Award

Senator Bennet meets with CEO in advance of ceremony

Sep 25, 2013
Today, Senator Michael Bennet met with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) CEO Jerry Forte to congratulate him and his company on being honored with the 2013 Employer Support Freedom Award from the U.S. Department of Defense. The meeting was in advance of tomorrow’s formal national ceremony honoring CSU and the other 14 firms ...
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Colorado Delegation Requests HUD to Expedite Flood Recovery Assistance

CDBG Funds Would Supplement Other Available Assistance

Sep 25, 2013
The Colorado Congressional delegation today urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to expedite assistance for rebuilding efforts after the recent floods that devastated communities along Colorado’s Front Range. The lawmakers wrote to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan asking him to make disaster recovery fu...
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Bennet, Udall Urge Defense Secretary to Keep National Guard on the Job for Flood Recovery Efforts

Guardsmen Prevented from Assisting Due to Potential Government Shutdown

Sep 25, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to ensure active duty National Guardsmen would be allowed to continue to assist Colorado communities rebuilding from the devastating floods in the event of a government shutdown next week. The senators requested that Secretary Hagel desi...
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