Bennet, Hickenlooper Secure $20.2 Million for Colorado Wildfire Recovery

Emergency Watershed Protection funds will help communities recover from 416, Spring Creek, and Lake Christine Fires

Nov 20, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Governor John Hickenlooper today secured $20.2 million in Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) funds for wildfire recovery projects in La Plata, Huerfano, Costilla, and Eagle counties.

Bennet, Gardner Announce $4.5 Million in Energy Innovation Grants for Colorado Universities

Nov 16, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today announced the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Colorado School of Mines a $2,047,676 grant and University of Colorado Boulder a $2,500,000 grant to fund potentially disruptive technology in the energy sector.

Bennet Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Tackle Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk

Nov 15, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined bipartisan colleagues John Barrasso (R-WY) and Doug Jones (D-AL) in introducing legislation to increase wildlife managers’ ability to keep wildlife healthy.

As Veterans Face Housing and Education Expenses, Bennet Calls For Increased Transparency and Action at VA to Process Delayed GI Bill Benefits

Nov 15, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this week sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie, urging the VA to provide additional details about its efforts to expedite processing of living stipend payments for veterans receiving Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits.

Bennet Introduces Budget Reform and Deficit Reduction Plan

At Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform Markup, Bennet Puts Forth Comprehensive “Fiscal Reform Act”

Nov 15, 2018

At today’s bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform markup, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced his comprehensive plan to overhaul Washington’s broken budgeting and appropriations processes.

Bennet, Cassidy Introduce Plan to Better Utilize Strategic Oil Reserve

Nov 14, 2018

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today introduced the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act, bipartisan legislation to allow the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to save taxpayers money by leasing unused storage capacity at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

Bennet, Colleagues Call on Administration to End Efforts to Redefine Sex to Exclude Transgender Persons

Redefinition is putting politics ahead of science and access to health care

Nov 14, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this month joined his colleges in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar demanding the administration end any effort to redefine sex to exclude transgender and gender nonconforming people.

Bennet Pushes for Emergency Watershed Protection Funds for Wildfire Recovery in Colorado

Nov 14, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today sent a letter to Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey requesting the approval of Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) funds for wildfire recovery projects in Colorado.

Bennet Makes Case to Maintain EPA Methane Standards Ahead of Hearing in Denver Tomorrow

Nov 14, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today held a press call ahead of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public hearing on its proposed rollback of national methane standards.

Bennet, Gardner Receive Update on Polio-Like Disease at Children’s Hospital Colorado

15 of the 80 confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis occurred in Colorado this year

Nov 09, 2018

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today met with Children’s Hospital Colorado researchers to receive an update on the recent outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)—a rare polio-like condition that has affected approximately 400 children across the country.

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Bennet, Hickenlooper Secure $20.2 Million for Colorado Wildfire Recovery

Emergency Watershed Protection funds will help communities recover from 416, Spring Creek, and Lake Christine Fires

Bennet, Gardner Announce $4.5 Million in Energy Innovation Grants for Colorado Universities

Bennet Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Tackle Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk

As Veterans Face Housing and Education Expenses, Bennet Calls For Increased Transparency and Action at VA to Process Delayed GI Bill Benefits

Bennet Introduces Budget Reform and Deficit Reduction Plan

At Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform Markup, Bennet Puts Forth Comprehensive “Fiscal Reform Act”

Bennet, Cassidy Introduce Plan to Better Utilize Strategic Oil Reserve

Bennet, Colleagues Call on Administration to End Efforts to Redefine Sex to Exclude Transgender Persons

Redefinition is putting politics ahead of science and access to health care

Bennet Pushes for Emergency Watershed Protection Funds for Wildfire Recovery in Colorado

Bennet Makes Case to Maintain EPA Methane Standards Ahead of Hearing in Denver Tomorrow

Bennet, Gardner Receive Update on Polio-Like Disease at Children’s Hospital Colorado

15 of the 80 confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis occurred in Colorado this year

Emergency Watershed Protection funds will help communities recover from 416, Spring Creek, and Lake Christine Fires

At Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform Markup, Bennet Puts Forth Comprehensive “Fiscal Reform Act”

Redefinition is putting politics ahead of science and access to health care

15 of the 80 confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis occurred in Colorado this year

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