Press Releases

Bennet: Lincoln County Producers Eligible for USDA Emergency Loans

Feb 16, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced today that Colorado farmers and ranchers in Lincoln County are eligible for disaster assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The announcement comes on the heels of the USDA’s recent designation of Lincoln County as natural disaster areas due to ongoing drought ...
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Bennet Calls for Extension of Wind Energy Production Tax Credit

Feb 16, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet on the Senate Floor called for an extension of the wind energy production tax credit, which has helped drive substantial economic growth in Colorado. If the tax credit is not extended soon, new wind energy development projects and the thousands of jobs associated with those projects are expected...
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Bennet Backs Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act

Feb 16, 2012
In a push to keep up the effort to prevent crimes against women, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet has signed on as a cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). “The law enforcement and education programs in this bill are just as critical now as they were when this law was first written,” B...
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Bennet, Moran Make Bipartisan Push to Extend Wind Energy Tax Credit

Amendment Filed to Transportation Bill Is Fully Paid For, Supports Colorado and Kansas Jobs

Feb 15, 2012
With thousands of wind-energy jobs in Colorado and Kansas hanging in the balance, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) are making a bipartisan push to extend a wind energy tax credit that is currently set to expire at the end of 2012 if Congress fails to act. If the tax credit is not extended soon, new wind en...
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Former Dillon Mayor Testifies Before Senate Agriculture Committee on Rural Development

Bennet Recommended Colorado Native for 'Energy and Economic Growth in Rural America' Hearing

Feb 15, 2012
On the recommendation of Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Dr. Flo Raitano of Dillon, Colorado, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee today on the importance of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Programs and the role they play in improving the quality of life in rural communities. Raitano, wh...
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Bennet, Udall Call for Postal Service Modernization, Propose Improvements to Bill

Colorado Senators Want to Preserve First-Class and Saturday Mail Delivery, Protect Service for Rural Communities and Spare 220,000 Jobs That Could Be Lost

Feb 14, 2012
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, Mark Udall and 25 other Senators today called for “significant improvements” to a bill to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter to a Senate panel that oversees the Postal Service, the senators suggested specific measures to preserve first-class and Saturday mail delivery...
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Bennet Plan to Recruit an Army of Teachers to Serve Where They are Needed Most Included in President's Budget

Comes on Heels of Bennet's Letter to the President Pushing for Presidential Teacher Fellows

Feb 14, 2012
With more than 1 million teachers set to retire over the next few years, President Barack Obama included in his fiscal year 2013 budget proposal Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s plan to attract the best teachers to the schools where they are needed most and improve the preparation they receive to do this incredibly diff...
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