Press Releases

USDA Declares 12 Colorado Counties Disaster Areas Due to Drought

Jun 12, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated six Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas and six more as contiguous disaster areas due to ongoing severe drought conditions. The designations mean that farmers and ranchers in these counties are eligible for ...
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Bennet Forest Health Bills Pass Senate as Part of Farm Bill

Measures Will Streamline Forest Insect and Disease Treatments, Reauthorize Stewardship Contracting

Jun 12, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, welcomed the passage of the 2013 Farm Bill in the Senate today, which includes two measures to improve forest health. Bennet introduced both measures earlier this year and worked with the Committee to have them included in the comprehensive long-ter...
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Bennet, Colleagues Advance Bill to Fix 'No Child Left Behind'

Maintains Bennet Initiatives, Including Colorado Growth Model and GREAT Act

Jun 12, 2013
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today passed the Strengthening America’s Schools Act with the support of Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, one of the bill’s original cosponsors. The bill would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act and fix No Child Left Behind...
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Senate Passes Farm Bill that Reduces Debt, Supports Colorado

Jun 10, 2013
Maintains Measures to Improve Rural Energy Efficiency, Crop Insurance, Focus on Water Quantity Includes Bennet Provisions for Forest Health, Improved Conservation Programs, and Farm Animal Research Washington, DC – The 2013 Farm Bill passed the United States Senate today with several provisions authored by Colorado U.S. ...
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Colorado Lawmakers Unite to Protect Pueblo Community

Letter Urges Corps of Engineers to Support Project to Prevent Flooding

Jun 10, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) and Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO) sent a letter to the US Army Corps of Engineers in support of a request submitted by the Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District to address potential flooding concerns on the Fountain Creek in Pueblo. ...
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Emergency Watershed Funds Headed to Colorado

$19 Million to Help High Park and Waldo Canyon Recovery Efforts

Jun 10, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the announcement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will send more than $19 million in Emergency Watershed Protection Program funds for recovery from one of the worst fire seasons in the state’s history. “Col...
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Bennet, Burr Bipartisan Bill Would Level Playing Field for LNG in Vehicles

Proposal Will Equalize Tax Treatment to Put Competing Fuels on Fair Footing

Jun 07, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced a bipartisan bill to put liquefied natural gas (LNG) on equal footing with diesel fuel under the federal highway excise tax. The bill (S.1103) will allow LNG to compete fairly with diesel by taxing LNG on energy output rather than per gallon. LNG is a transpor...
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