Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the support of 28 senators who voiced support for a bipartisan bill he introduced last month with Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) to help more solar companies benefit from the tax advantages of investing in solar projects. The lawmakers yesterday sent a letter to Senate Majority Lead...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Congressman Ed Perlmutter pressed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today to swiftly partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify potential ways to get the construction of the new Aurora VA medical center back on track. The lawmakers urged the VA to enter into an "i...

Hours after precise funding levels for the Arkansas Valley Conduit were released, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and U.S. Representatives Scott Tipton and Cory Gardner urged the Administration and both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to make more resources available to allow the Conduit’s ...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today cosponsored a bipartisan bill, S.1060, the Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act, introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) that would streamline civilian paramedic training for veterans who already have emergency medical experience from their military service, makin...

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Boost Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings Included in Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Bill Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet praised yesterday’s passage of the Better Buildings Act in the House of Representatives. The bill was included in H.R.2126, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, a ...

The House Committee on Natural Resources today held a hearing on the companion bill to Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act. The House bill is sponsored by Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO). The bipartisan, bicameral bill would protect more than 100,000 acres of the Hermosa Creek Wa...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the release of the President’s FY 2015 budget request. “The President’s budget offers a number of promising ideas to help grow our economy and get Coloradans back to work. One of the most important aspects of the budget for Colorado is a smar...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet praised Colorado State University (CSU) in conjunction with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Universities (AAU) for leading efforts to urge Congress to close the “Innovation Deficit” by supporting federal investment in resea...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall joined Gov. John Hickenlooper today to announce their successful effort to secure Federal Emergency Management Agency aid for state and local governments working to reduce hazards in streams caused by the September flood that pose an immediate threat to lives and property. This is a signi...

Today, Senator Michael Bennet became of a cosponsor of S.1794, The Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act of 2013, to protect Browns Canyon region as an invaluable economic and natural resource for Chaffee County and the state. The bill, originally introduced by Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall in December, will design...