Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, common-sense legislation that would require physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other providers to complete an opioid and substance use training to ensure that prescribers of controlled medication, like opioids, have foundational knowledge of addiction prevention, treatment, and management.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced legislation to clean up abandoned, or orphaned, oil and gas wells while strengthening bonding requirements and expanding opportunities for local input in lease sales on public lands.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and 41 Democratic senators called on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General, Joseph V. Cuffari, to expeditiously investigate a whistleblower complaint alleging forced hysterectomies at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Ocilla, Georgia.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced his staff will be holding weekly telephone office hours this fall.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet visited Clayton Early Learning to celebrate the launch of Colorado’s first early childhood Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing site and applauded the state’s education community – from early childhood education through higher education – for partnering with Gary Community Investments’ COVIDCheck Colorado testing program.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced $1.5 million in federal grant funding to support an innovative project to capture and sequester carbon emissions from the LafargeHolcim cement plant in Florence.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced his Fort Collins staff will be holding weekly telephone office hours this fall.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) led 31 colleagues in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging it to immediately use the E-Rate program to help connect students at home to online learning.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced his Fort Collins staff will be holding weekly telephone office hours this fall.