Press Releases

Bennet Highlights Need to Extend Wind Tax Credit to Boost Job Growth at Pueblo Manufacturing Plant

Vestas Official Joins Bennet in Calling for Extension at O'Neal Manufacturing Services

Apr 13, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today highlighted the need to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) to boost job growth and provide companies certainty during his tour of O’Neal Manufacturing Services in Pueblo. The PTC is set to expire at the end of this year if Congress does not act. “The wind ener...
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Bennet Spotlights Colorado's Clean Energy Economy at Global New Energy Summit

Calls for Balanced, Forward-Looking Energy Economy

Apr 10, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today continued to highlight Colorado’s clean energy innovation and new energy economy as a panelist at the Global New Energy Summit in Colorado Springs. Bennet contributed to a Senator Policy Panel at the Summit. He told participants that a balanced, comprehensive and forward-looking en...
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Bennet, Denver Business Call on Congress to Reauthorize Export-Import Bank

Apr 09, 2012
Bank That Supports Colorado Business Efforts to Export Products to Shut Down Next Month Without Congressional Action Ex-Im Bank Backed Nearly $60 Million in Assistance to Colorado Businesses 2011-2012 Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet toured a Denver manufacturing facility today to highlight the need to re...
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Bennet Statement on Signing of Crowdfunding into Law

Crowdfunding Part of JOBS Act Signed into Law Today

Apr 05, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement today after President Obama signed into law the Jumpstarting Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which includes Bennet’s crowdfunding measure to allow small businesses and start-ups to raise capital online and through social media. “Colorado is rich w...
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Senate Committee Plan Adopts Bennet-Hatch-Burr Bipartisan Bill to Bring Breakthrough Treatments to Patients More Quickly

HELP Committee Releases Discussion Draft to Accelerate Patient Access to New Innovative Medical Treatments for Serious or Life-Threatening Diseases

Apr 04, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s bipartisan bill to help bring breakthrough drugs to patients who need them more quickly has been included in a Senate committee plan introduced today. The Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Committee unveiled a bipartisan plan to advance important medical and bioscience innovat...
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Bennet Statement in Honor of Cesar Chavez Day

Mar 30, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the birthday of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. He would have been 85 tomorrow. “Tomorrow, we take time to reflect on Cesar Chavez’s historic advocacy for social justice and fair working conditions. The legacy of this educator and civil right...
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Declaración de Bennet en Honor del Dí­a de César Chávez

Mar 30, 2012
U.S. Senador de Colorado Michael Bennet publicó la siguiente declaración sobre el cumpleaños del activista de derechos civiles César Chávez. Hubiera cumplido 85 años mañana. "Mañana, tomamos tiempo para reflexionar sobre la defensa histórica de Cesar Chávez ...
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House Passes Bennet Amendment to Allow Small Businesses and Start-Ups to Raise Capital Online and Through Social Media

Amendment that Improves Investor Protections in JOBS Bill Now on its Way to White House to Become Law

Mar 27, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed on a bipartisan basis Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s amendment to allow small businesses and start-ups to raise capital online and through social media while also protecting investors. The amendment passed as part of the Jumpstarting Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, whi...
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