The stuff is called Cotton Candy, Fruity Loops and even Gummi Bear. But this particular stuff is not a pack of bubble gum or bag of fruit chews you might see as you check out at your local convenience store. It is, in fact, a highly toxic and still-unregulated form of concentrated liquid nicotine for use in vapor devices includ...

Includes Bennet’s Bill to Treat LNG Equally to Diesel Fuel Also Contains Bennet-Udall Bill to Help Improve Rural Water Infrastructure The Senate Finance Committee today approved a bill to sustain the Highway Trust Fund into early 2015. It includes two measures Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet secured to conserve ener...

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet will join Senators Mark Udall and Patty Murray to introduce the Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act. It will restore the contraceptive coverage requirement guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act and protect coverage of other health services from employers who want ...

House Passage Sends WIA to President’s Desk Bipartisan Bill Supports High-Performing Providers of Job-Training Services, Ensures Workers Equipped with 21‎st Century Skills A proposal from U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to support high-performing job-training services is slated to become la...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today met with Robert McDonald, the president’s nominee to serve as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Bennet stressed the importance of completing construction of the VA hospital in Aurora and fixing the systemic issues within the VA to ensure veterans receive the care and services t...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged Congress to support emergency appropriations to address the influx of unaccompanied minors at the border and to make crucial resources available to fight wildfires. The Administration has requested $4.3 billion to meet these needs. “Congress should have already passed a bill ...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued disaster designations for ten Southwest and San Luis Valley counties due to severe drought conditions. The designations make farmers and ranchers in these counties eligible for assistance from the Farm Service Agency. “Drou...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is accepting internship applications from undergraduate students, recent graduates and graduate students for his Washington, DC and Colorado offices. In addition to his Washington office, internships are available year round in the following Colorado locations: Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango,...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Congressmen Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter heralded the International Council for Science's decision today to locate one of the five international hubs for the Future Earth Initiative at the University of Colorado-Boulder and Colorado State University. The 10-year international initiat...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet met with local stakeholders in Montrose to hear about their conservation project proposals that are now eligible for federal funding following the Critical Conservation Area (CCA) designation for the Colorado River Basin. The Upper Colorado River Basin was one of eight areas designated as a CC...