Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement after the Senate failed to advance the Paycheck Fairness Act. Bennet is an original cosponsor of the bill that would provide women with strengthened tools to negotiate fair wages and establish protections for women who file complaints of gender-based pay di...

In a letter to the House Agriculture Committee, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined Sen. Mark Udall to urge the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and the committee's ranking member, Rep. Colin Peterson, D-Minn., to reauthorize Stewardship Contracting Projects as part of a robust fores...

Points to Colorado Military Family Separated for Years Letter to CIS Chief Offers Comments on Provisional Waivers for Immediate Relatives Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) have weighed in on a proposal that would allow family members of U.S. citizens to stay in the United States with their fami...

Accelerate Colorado, a partnership between businesses and local governments in Colorado, has sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson expressing the organization’s strong support for the establishment of a satellite office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Colorado. The letter is part of a continuing...

With only a month left before student loan rates double for undergraduate college students across the country, including more than 166,000 in Colorado, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement, renewing his call on Congress to block interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans from increasing. The c...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on U.S. House passage of the Food and Drug Administration bill: “Bringing the FDA into the 21st century is critical for families across Colorado and the country who want to be sure that the drugs in their medicine cabinets will help, not harm them and the...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement in observance of Memorial Day, on Monday, May 28: “From the time of the American Revolution, the men and women of our military have fought bravely for their country, many making the ultimate sacrifice. They will be remembered by their family, friends and...

Sessions Will Provide Information about How to Use Crowdfunding to Raise Capital Opportunity to Comment on SEC Rulemaking Process Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced he will co-host a series of crowdfunding seminars across the state for Colorado small and start-up business owners and entrepreneurs looking to ...

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a bipartisan group of Senators in urging the Obama Administration to work with Mexican authorities to expand U.S. fresh potato access throughout Mexico. Currently, American potatoes can only be exported to a region within 16 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. In a letter sent today...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, co-chair of the Congressional Olympic and Paralympic Caucus, released the following statement today regarding the announcement that the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reached an agreement on revenue sharing issues that, without a resolution,...