Press Releases

Bennet, Boyle, Brown Introduce Legislation to Support Patients with Mental and Physical Health Comorbidities

Building on Colorado’s Experience, Legislation Promotes Innovative and Evidence-Based Collaboration Between Physical and Mental Health Providers

Nov 17, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced bicameral legislation along with U.S. Representatives Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) and Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) to support the holistic health of patients with both mental and physical health conditions.
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Bennet, Colleagues Call for More Consumer Protections for Seniors with Medicare Advantage Plans

Following Report Showing Pervasive Deceptive Marketing Tactics in Medicare Advantage, Bennet Urges Reform

Nov 16, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Bob Casey (D-Pa.) along with Democratic members of the Finance Committee in urging the Biden Administration to implement additional consumer protections in Medicare Advantage (MA), following an increase in reports of deceptive marketing practices aimed at seniors in the program.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Neguse, Curtis Urge Armed Services Committees to Include REPLACE Act in Final NDAA

Legislation Would Waive Fees for Critical Documents Such as Passports for Survivors of Natural Disasters like the Marshall Fire

Nov 04, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) urged the leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee to include their Replacing Essential Passports and Licenses After Certain Emergencies (REPLACE) Act in the final 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Bennet, Colorado Democratic Delegation Members Ask Forest Service For Plan to Implement Forestry Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act

Colorado Lawmakers Urge USFS to Expeditiously Allocate the $10 billion from Both Laws for Forest Management

Nov 01, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, led U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a letter urging the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to share information about its plan to implement the $10 billion in funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to address a backlog of forest management needs.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome Over $18 Million to Deploy High-Speed Internet Across Eastern Colorado

Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Bring High-Speed Internet to Families, Farms, and Businesses Across Nine Counties

Oct 27, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed a $18.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association, Inc. to deploy a fiber-optic network to connect families, farms, businesses, and educational facilities in nine Colorado counties.
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