Following the Senate’s failed vote to advance a bill that would provide emergency aid for wildfires and the refugee crisis, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called on his colleagues to work together to find a path forward for these crises. The bill includes $615 million in emergency firefighting funds for the U.S. Forest ...

Proposal Also Bars Lobbyists from Bundling Campaign Contributions Aims to End Outsized, Undue Influence from Lobbyists Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is continuing his efforts to reform the way Washington works and end the dysfunction. Today, he introduced a bill to end the outsized and undue influence of lobbyists on Mem...

Bennet Cosponsored Bipartisan Legislation Continues to Push for Structural Reforms to Deliver Services that Colorado Veterans Earned Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined his Senate colleagues to give final approval to a bipartisan bill designed to help address the extreme delays many veterans face when they attempt to a...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his Senate colleagues to support a bill that would provide emergency aid to fight wildfires and to address the refugee crisis. The bill includes $615 million in emergency firefighting funds for the U.S. Forest Service, $2.73 billion to address the crisis of unaccompanied children see...

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the Pay-For-Performance Act, a bill that aims to achieve better outcomes for social service program beneficiaries and taxpayers alike. The legislation is ...

Includes Bennet-Udall Bill to Help Improve Rural Water Infrastructure Bennet Proposal to Treat LNG Equally to Diesel Fuel also in Bill Calls on House to Adopt these Important Reforms The U.S. Senate today passed a bill to sustain the Highway Trust Fund into early 2015. The Preserving America’s Transit and Highways (PAT...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined his Senate colleagues to confirm Robert McDonald as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Bennet met with McDonald earlier this month and stressed the importance of completing construction of the VA hospital in Aurora and fixing the systemic issues within the VA to provide veteran...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the Administration’s public hearings, including two in Denver, to gather comments on its Clean Power Plan. “The proposed plan to curb dangerous carbon pollution will support Colorado’s economy and quality of life. Our state is already experiencing the negative ...

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today released the following statement praising unanimous passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R.3136, the Advancing Competency-based Education Demonstration Project Act: “We commend our colleagues in the House for their unanimous, bipartisan support...

Resources Follow Letter Senators Sent in March, Recent Meetings with Administration Officials Continue to Push for Additional Resources to Move Project Forward The Senate Appropriations Committee released a draft energy and water funding bill today that includes an additional $90 million to support water infrastructure project...