Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 62 of Colorado’s 64 counties as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought, excessive heat, and high winds since the beginning of the year. The other two counties have been nam...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today visited the Wildernest neighborhood and toured forest areas in Summit County, where efforts to improve forest health and mitigate the bark beetle epidemic are underway. Forests in Summit County have been some of the hardest hit by the beetle crisis. Bennet was joined by Summit County Commi...

Bennet Authored Amendment to Create to New Satellite Patent Offices, Led Efforts to Bring Office to Colorado New Office Expected to Bring Hundreds of Jobs and Millions in Economic Activity Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet celebrated the announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce that Denver has been selecte...

Bennet Authored Amendment to Create to New Satellite Patent Offices – Led Efforts to Bring Office to Colorado Expected to Bring Hundreds of Jobs and Millions in Economic Activity Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on news that the U.S. Department of Commerce will open a new U.S. Pat...

Includes Bennet-Backed Changes to Support Colorado Rural Transit and Local Community Planning Projects Land and Water Conservation Fund Left out of Bill The U.S. Senate today passed a final transportation bill that provides more certainty for highway and transit projects in Colorado. The bill, which includes provisions Bennet ...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after the U.S. Senate approved a compromise that will prevent student loan rates from doubling for undergraduate college students across the country, including more than 166,000 in Colorado. The current 3.4 percent rate was set to rise to 6.8 percent on July 1, 2...

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today applauded the approval of continued funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program and Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS). Both were included in the transportation bill conference report that passed the Senate and the House and now go...

The Colorado Congressional delegation today urged President Barack Obama to support Governor John Hickenlooper’s request for a Federal disaster declaration in response to the wildfires raging across the state. Governor Hickenlooper requested the declaration today. Requests for a disaster declaration by the President must ...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision on the health care reform law: “Today’s ruling allows us to move past the politics in Washington and provides us the opportunity to turn our attention to implementing and improving the law. In many plac...

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