Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to include the bipartisan Keep Kids' Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act-which would extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for five years-in any end-of-year funding package.

Bennet Pressures HHS Secretary Nominee Azar to Put Science Over Ideology

Following Reports of Health Officials Prohibiting Words in Budget Documents, Health Committee Democrats Seek Explanation

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with the nine Democratic members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee Alex Azar expressing concern over reports that the Trump administration is restricting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other agencies within HHS from using certain words or phrases in preparing documents for the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.

Bennet, Colleagues Ask DeVos for Answers on Disciplinary Protections For Minority Students

Bicameral legislators ask Devos to confirm or deny reports of Department walking back school discipline guidelines

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 15 Senators and 36 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos asking her not to revoke or modify school discipline guidelines, following press reports that suggest she is considering a repeal of the protections.

Bennet Urges FCC to Abandon Net Neutrality Plan

After Weeks of Coloradans Speaking Up in Defense of Net Neutrality, Bennet Makes Final Attempt to Protect Rules Ahead of Today’s FCC Vote

Ahead of today's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote on net neutrality, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai this morning, urging him to abandon plans to rescind the agency's net neutrality rules.