Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to allocate resources for Colorado’s wildfire recovery efforts in a forthcoming appropriations bill to fund the government after March. Bennet and Udall worked with the Appropriations Committee late last year to include fund...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after meeting with President Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew. “Our country continues to face a serious fiscal crisis that requires cooperation and leadership from Congress and the Adminis...

Following delays and missed deadlines in the House of Representatives, the U.S Senate today moved quickly to approve the House’s version of the Sandy disaster relief bill without amendments. Unfortunately for Colorado, the House removed wildfire recovery funding for the state and others hit by disasters that the Senate had o...

El Senador de Colorado Michael Bennet y un grupo de Senadores bipartidistas presentaron hoy un acuerdo para una reforma migratoria que servirá para un proyecto de ley que el grupo planea introducir y espera que se apruebe este año. El acuerdo incluye compromisos bipartidistas sobre la seguridad fronteriza, la reform...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a bipartisan group of senators today unveiled a framework for comprehensive immigration reform that will serve as the foundation for a bill the group plans to introduce and hopes to see passed this year. The framework includes bipartisan agreements on border security, visa reform, law enfo...

Entrepreneurs and business owners from southern Colorado received valuable information about navigating the international export process at a business workshop last night in Colorado Springs, hosted by the office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet. Local partners included the Bachelor of Innovation Program at UCCS, the Colorado Springs...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the decision by the Department of Defense to remove the ban on women serving in direct combat. The decision was announced by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta yesterday. “Women have proven their courage, capability, and valor on countless battlefields throughout our history,&...

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall are urging the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) to revisit its rule governing train horns. Revisiting the rule could result in more flexibility for local communities in Colorado and across the country, while continuing to ensure public safety. Based on feedback from city leade...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined a bipartisan coalition of senators led by Sens. Mark Begich (D-AK), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) to introduce legislation to expand mental health first aid training and increase the effectiveness of mental health care across America. Other original cosponsor...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with U.S. Senator Jon Cornyn (R-TX), Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), today reintroduced a bipartisan bill to help law enforcement agencies process rape kits more efficiently. “The SAFER Act makes commonsense reforms to provide local law enforce...