Bennet Announces $2.9 Million FEMA Grant to Fund Roadway Repairs in Larimer County

Bennet Pushed to Change Regulatory Interpretations that Initially Prevented Larimer County from Receiving Reimbursements from FEMA to Repair Damage from the 2013 Floods

Jul 13, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that Larimer County will receive a $2.9 million reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair County Road 47 in Southern Larimer County, which was damaged by the 2013 floods.

ICYMI: Bennet Discusses Child Tax Credit Expansion, Infrastructure Package, & Voting Rights on MSNBC’s Morning Joe

Jul 12, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet appeared today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion, infrastructure negotiations, and voting rights.

Bennet Joins Colleagues in Calling for Investments in Natural Infrastructure Restoration, Resilience in American Jobs Plan

Jun 30, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, joined a group of Democratic senators in calling on Senate Leadership to prioritize the historic investments proposed in President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan for natural infrastructure restoration, resilience, and reclamation.

Bennet, Baldwin Request Review of Issues Facing Older LGBTQ Adults to Ensure High-Quality Care

Senators Urge HHS, CMS to Issue Guidance to Help Hospice and Palliative Care Agencies, Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities Provide Care to LGBTQ Seniors

Jun 30, 2021

Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to review a number of issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) seniors to improve high-quality, culturally competent care to this growing aging population.

ICYMI: Bennet Pens Op-Ed on Improved Child Tax Credit Ahead of Payments Reaching Colorado Families on July 15

Bennet: “...I’ve spent years fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit, which boosts incomes of 96% of Colorado families to help cover the growing cost of raising kids.”

Jun 28, 2021

In case you missed it, over the weekend Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet penned an op-ed on the improved Child Tax Credit, highlighting how it will benefit families and how Coloradans can make sure they will receive the benefits they deserve.

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Expand Relief Funding Uses to Include Local Funding Matches for Federal Grants

Jun 24, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a bipartisan group of colleagues called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to allow local governments to use funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to satisfy the local match requirement for federal discretionary grant programs.

Bennet Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act

Legislation Now Heads to the House of Representatives for Consideration

Jun 24, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act with bipartisan support.

Bennet, Collins Introduce Legislation to Significantly Expand Opioid, Substance Use Training for Providers Nationwide

Bipartisan Bill Would Standardize Opioid Addiction Treatment and Training for Health Care

Jun 24, 2021

Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, legislation to require prescribers of highly addictive medication, like opioids, to complete a substance use training to ensure they have foundational knowledge of addiction prevention, treatment, and medication management.

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Ensure Diagnostic Testing Keeps Pace with Medical Innovations

Bicameral VALID Act Takes Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic, Creates Unified Framework to Reflect Availability Of 21st Century Tests

Jun 24, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) introduced the Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act.

Bennet, Portman, Brown, and Young Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle the Eviction Crisis

Jun 23, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced the Eviction Crisis Act of 2021 to address the national housing crisis holding back millions of American families who are struggling to ascend into the middle class

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Bennet Announces $2.9 Million FEMA Grant to Fund Roadway Repairs in Larimer County

Bennet Pushed to Change Regulatory Interpretations that Initially Prevented Larimer County from Receiving Reimbursements from FEMA to Repair Damage from the 2013 Floods

ICYMI: Bennet Discusses Child Tax Credit Expansion, Infrastructure Package, & Voting Rights on MSNBC’s Morning Joe

Bennet Joins Colleagues in Calling for Investments in Natural Infrastructure Restoration, Resilience in American Jobs Plan

Bennet, Baldwin Request Review of Issues Facing Older LGBTQ Adults to Ensure High-Quality Care

Senators Urge HHS, CMS to Issue Guidance to Help Hospice and Palliative Care Agencies, Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities Provide Care to LGBTQ Seniors

ICYMI: Bennet Pens Op-Ed on Improved Child Tax Credit Ahead of Payments Reaching Colorado Families on July 15

Bennet: “...I’ve spent years fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit, which boosts incomes of 96% of Colorado families to help cover the growing cost of raising kids.”

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Expand Relief Funding Uses to Include Local Funding Matches for Federal Grants

Bennet Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act

Legislation Now Heads to the House of Representatives for Consideration

Bennet, Collins Introduce Legislation to Significantly Expand Opioid, Substance Use Training for Providers Nationwide

Bipartisan Bill Would Standardize Opioid Addiction Treatment and Training for Health Care

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Ensure Diagnostic Testing Keeps Pace with Medical Innovations

Bicameral VALID Act Takes Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic, Creates Unified Framework to Reflect Availability Of 21st Century Tests

Bennet, Portman, Brown, and Young Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle the Eviction Crisis

Bennet Pushed to Change Regulatory Interpretations that Initially Prevented Larimer County from Receiving Reimbursements from FEMA to Repair Damage from the 2013 Floods

Senators Urge HHS, CMS to Issue Guidance to Help Hospice and Palliative Care Agencies, Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities Provide Care to LGBTQ Seniors

Bennet: “...I’ve spent years fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit, which boosts incomes of 96% of Colorado families to help cover the growing cost of raising kids.”

Legislation Now Heads to the House of Representatives for Consideration

Bipartisan Bill Would Standardize Opioid Addiction Treatment and Training for Health Care

Bicameral VALID Act Takes Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic, Creates Unified Framework to Reflect Availability Of 21st Century Tests

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