Press Releases

Bennet Statement on Remembrance Day of Armenian Genocide

Apr 22, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet made the following statement regarding the April 24 Remembrance Day of the Armenian Genocide. The genocide took place between 1915 and 1923 at the end of the Ottoman Empire: “Nearly a century after the tragedy that befell the Armenian people in the waning days of t...
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Bennet: Partnership for Patients Builds on Colorado's Innovative Example

New Effort to Improve Quality, Reduce Cost of Health Care Modeled After Successful Colorado Model for Coordinated Care

Apr 21, 2011
Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement regarding today’s launch of the Partnership for Patients at the Children’s Hospital in Aurora. The effort includes a national community-based Care Transitions Program created from a bill engineered by Colorado U.S. Senator Michael B...
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Bennet Enví­a Carta a la Administración en Apoyo de Jóvenes Elegibles para el DREAM Act

Dice Que Recursos para la Aplicación de la Ley Deben Enfocarse en Delincuentes y no en Jóvenes que son Aceptados a la Universidad

Apr 15, 2011
Washington, DC—Senador de Colorado Michael Bennet, se unió a 21 senadores en una carta escrita al Presidente Obama en apoyo de niños que caen bajo el DREAM Act. Bennet y sus colegas le pidieron al Presidente que utilizara su autoridad para conceder alivio de la deportación a los jóvenes elegibles p...
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Bennet Sends Letter to Administration in Support of DREAM Act Kids

Says Law Enforcement Resources Should Be Focused on Criminals and Not Young People Who Get into College

Apr 15, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 21 fellow senators in a letter to President Obama in support of kids who fall under the DREAM Act. Bennet and his colleagues urged the President to use his authority to grant relief from deportation to young people eligible for the Development, Relief and Educatio...
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Colorado Electeds, University Leaders Band Together to Bring GE Solar Manufacturing Facility, 400 Jobs to Colorado

Cite State's Leadership in Clean Energy Development in Effort to Bring Largest Solar Panel Factory in Nation to Colorado

Apr 14, 2011
Washington, DC – The entire Colorado Congressional Delegation, Governor John Hickenlooper, and leaders of Colorado’s public research institutions banded together today to encourage General Electric (GE) to locate a new solar panel manufacturing facility in the state that has the potential to create over 400 good-paying ...
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Senators Bennet and Coburn Introduce Savings Bill to Advance Electronic Filing of W2 Forms

Bill would save taxpayers over $11 million annually

Apr 14, 2011
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) introduced a bill that could save taxpayers over $11 million annually by requiring employers who are filing W-2 forms with the Social Security Administration (SSA) to submit their employee W-2 forms electronically. In many spheres&md...
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Bennet Introduces Bill to Prepare, Support Principals to Help Turn Around Lowest Performing Schools

Lead Act Will Provide Training and Continued Support for Nation's Best Principals to Transform our Lowest Performing Schools

Apr 13, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, former superintendent of Denver Public Schools, today introduced a bill to help prepare principals to lead transformations to turnaround our lowest performing schools. The Lead Act would create opportunities, including a School Leadership Academy and local School Lead...
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Bennet: All Americans Deserve Pay That Reflects Their Hard Work

Equal Pay Day Marks How Far Into a Year a Woman Must Work, On Average, to Earn as Much as a Man Earned the Previous Year

Apr 13, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet made the following statement on Equal Pay Day, which represents how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year. For example, on average, a woman would have had to work from January 1, 2010 until April 12, 2011, for he...
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Bennet Statement on President Obama's Speech on Debt Reduction

Apr 13, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet made the following statement on President Obama’s speech today on reducing the debt and deficit: “Last month, 64 Senators signed a letter to the President highlighting the need for a comprehensive deficit reduction plan that includes discretionary spending re...
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