Funding Will Boost Center's Study of Environmental Conditions, Terrain that Troops, Military Aircraft Encounter Defense Appropriations Bill Now Headed to President's Desk U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, along with U.S. Representatives John Salazar and Betsy Markey, today announced that the Defense Department's Cent...

Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, announced today that National Jewish Medical Center's Center for Respiratory Biodefense is on track to receive $2.4 Million in federal funding for the continued development of a Respiratory Biodefense Initiative. The funding was included at Bennet's request in the Defense appropriations ...

Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today announced introduction of an amendment that would make sure the Senate health care reform bill stays true to its deficit reduction targets. The most current Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections show that the Senate health care reform bill would reduce the deficit in the long...

Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today released the following statement on the Banking Committee's approval of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term. "I believe that the Federal Reserve failed to protect the American people in the years leading up to the current crisis. Many of these failu...

USDA Help Comes On Heels of Udall and Bennet Effort to Provide Immediate Relief for Struggling Dairy Farmers Earlier this Year, Bennet and Udall Pushed Amendment to Provide Emergency Relief for Dairy Farmers With Colorado's dairy producers caught between a credit crunch and sinking commodity prices, Michael Bennet and Mark Udal...

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Senate Initially Passed $100M for COPS Funding - Bennet Pushed to Increase Funds As Just 14 Percent of Requests Are Funded In Win, Bennet Secures $298 Million for Program in Omnibus Appropriations Bill Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today announced Senate approval of $298 million in funding for the Community Orient...

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Bennet Announces Push for Bill to Update Nation's Hard Rock Mining Laws, Which Have Not Been Updated Since 1872 Would Bring Balance to Hardrock Development on Public Lands, Provide Support to Clean up Abandoned Mines and Ensure Fair Return to Taxpayers Citing the need to bring the nation's mining law into the 21st century, Mich...

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