Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after voting no on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) skinny Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) relief proposal.
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) will receive a $13,009,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant Program to construct their Regional Transit Center (RTC) in Glenwood Springs.
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced that more than 8,700 small business owners and leaders across America have signed on to entrepreneur and philanthropist Howard Schultz’s letter supporting the RESTART Act.
Senators Urge Health Agencies to Utilize More Technologically Advanced Systems to Increase Accuracy and Efficiency in Tracking Coronavirus Infections and Potential Infectious Disease Outbreaks to Better Protect Communities
Sep 09, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a bipartisan group of senators in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve, automate, and modernize Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) data collection and management as communities across the country grapple with how to reopen as safely as possible.
Senators are Calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Fairly and Adequately Support Farmers in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
Sep 04, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging the Administration to fairly and adequately support farmers in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse and Jason Crow convened a group of public lands leaders, veterans, and local elected officials at the Divide Trail to advocate for inclusion of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act in the final FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which is currently being negotiated in Congress.
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) approved the first tranche of Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) funds for $5 million worth of projects in Colorado to mitigate and recover from wildfires.
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed students, teachers, school leaders, and parents back to school as they face the enormous challenge of safely resuming learning amidst the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this week joined a bicameral group of legislators in urging the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committees—as they begin conference negotiations—to preserve the military diversity and inclusion provisions from the Senate- and House- passed NDAA bills in the final FY 2021 NDAA.
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) and Colorado U.S. Representative Scott Tipton (R) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to approve the City of Glenwood Springs’ request for greater financial assistance with the recovery from the Grizzly Creek Fire under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program.
