Bennet Secures Amendment to Expand Troops to Teachers Program in Defense Authorization Bill

Dec 04, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today secured a provision to expand the successful Troops to Teachers program, which would help our veterans extend their service to America in classrooms across the country. Bennet’s provision was accepted into the Defense Authorization bill which is currently before the Senate. The Tro...

Bennet Statement on Colorado Joining TIME Collaborative to Add Learning Time in Public Schools

Dec 03, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the announcement that Colorado is participating in a three-year pilot program to expand and redesign the school calendars of select public schools to improve learning for thousands of students. Bennet is the former superintendent of Denver Public Schools and a...

Comment Period on Bennet Draft Thompson Divide Bill to Close December 14

Nov 30, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is encouraging Coloradans to provide feedback on his website regarding a draft bill for the management of Thompson Divide. The comment period will close on December 14. Bennet’s draft bill offers a middle-of-the-road solution to the ongoing conversation about Thompson Divide’s futu...

Members of CO Delegation Urge President, Congressional Leaders to Support Emergency Disaster Relief after Wildfires

Aim to Boost EWP Resources as Part of Sandy Disaster Supplemental to Restore Damage to Watersheds, Safeguard Drinking Water Infrastructure

Nov 30, 2012

Members of the Colorado Congressional delegation are urging the White House and House and Senate committee leaders to include wildfire recovery assistance in an emergency appropriations measure for Hurricane Sandy. The Colorado members are seeking a boost to resources for the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program to help sup...

Environment America Report Enhances Case for Wind PTC Extension

Report Finds U.S. Wind Energy Prevents as Much Pollution as Taking 13 Million Cars Off the Road Each Year

Nov 28, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his colleagues to quickly pass an extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) following a report released today by Environment America that shows how current power generation from wind energy prevents as much pollution as taking 13 million cars off the road each year. In...

Bennet Applauds Passage of Udall Amendment to Allow the Pentagon to Invest in Alternative Fuels

Bennet is a Cosponsor of the Amendment

Nov 28, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the passage of an amendment to allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to continue to invest in alternative fuels. The amendment, introduced by Senator Mark Udall (D-CO), to the National Defense Authorization bill gives the Pentagon more flexibility to purchase some alternative fue...

Colorado Companies Win USDA Forest Stewardship Contracts to Improve Forest Health

$13.4 Million in Contracts Will Improve 20,000 Acres of National Forest

Nov 26, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today congratulated Confluence Energy and West Range Reclamation on each winning a 10-year U.S. Forest Service stewardship contract. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the two companies would be awarded contracts totaling $13.4 million to improve the health of 20,000 ...

Student Loan Relief Available for Veterans Misled by For-Profit Colleges

Nov 20, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is encouraging military veterans to apply for assistance from the Veterans’ Student Loan Relief Fund if they have been defrauded or misled by for-profit colleges and incurred educational debt or are experiencing financial difficulties as a result. “Many veterans count on their educ...

Bennet Cosponsors Bill to Create Women's Museum Commission

Nov 19, 2012

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet signed on as a cosponsor to a bill that would create a panel to examine and recommend how and where to best establish a museum in our nation’s capital dedicated to women’s history. The bipartisan bill was introduced by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in September. “American wome...

Alexander-Bennet Bill to Prevent Premature Birth and Infant Mortality Passes Senate

PREEMIE bill passed by Senate, heads to House of Representatives

Nov 16, 2012

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today praised passage by the Senate of the bipartisan PREEMIE Act, their bill to expand research, education, and intervention activities related to preterm birth. Alexander said, “This bill will give the more than 200 premature babies born on average each ...

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Bennet Secures Amendment to Expand Troops to Teachers Program in Defense Authorization Bill

Bennet Statement on Colorado Joining TIME Collaborative to Add Learning Time in Public Schools

Comment Period on Bennet Draft Thompson Divide Bill to Close December 14

Members of CO Delegation Urge President, Congressional Leaders to Support Emergency Disaster Relief after Wildfires

Aim to Boost EWP Resources as Part of Sandy Disaster Supplemental to Restore Damage to Watersheds, Safeguard Drinking Water Infrastructure

Environment America Report Enhances Case for Wind PTC Extension

Report Finds U.S. Wind Energy Prevents as Much Pollution as Taking 13 Million Cars Off the Road Each Year

Bennet Applauds Passage of Udall Amendment to Allow the Pentagon to Invest in Alternative Fuels

Bennet is a Cosponsor of the Amendment

Colorado Companies Win USDA Forest Stewardship Contracts to Improve Forest Health

$13.4 Million in Contracts Will Improve 20,000 Acres of National Forest

Student Loan Relief Available for Veterans Misled by For-Profit Colleges

Bennet Cosponsors Bill to Create Women's Museum Commission

Alexander-Bennet Bill to Prevent Premature Birth and Infant Mortality Passes Senate

PREEMIE bill passed by Senate, heads to House of Representatives

Aim to Boost EWP Resources as Part of Sandy Disaster Supplemental to Restore Damage to Watersheds, Safeguard Drinking Water Infrastructure

Report Finds U.S. Wind Energy Prevents as Much Pollution as Taking 13 Million Cars Off the Road Each Year

Bennet is a Cosponsor of the Amendment

$13.4 Million in Contracts Will Improve 20,000 Acres of National Forest

PREEMIE bill passed by Senate, heads to House of Representatives

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