Includes Bennet-Backed Provisions to Help Farmers, Ranchers, Sportsmen Also Includes Measures to Improve Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Focus on Water Quantity The U.S. Senate today cleared a procedural hurdle and voted 90-8 to proceed with the 2012 Farm Bill, which includes several Bennet-backed provisions and amendme...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement today on the U.S. Air Force’s announcement of the decision to postpone indefinitely the plan for low-altitude tactical navigation (LATN) flights over Southern Colorado and New Mexico: “Coloradans are proud of our state’s contribution to the na...

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today announced the United States Forest Service (USFS) has awarded the Pagosa Area Biomass Long-Term Stewardship Contract to J.R. Ford and the Pagosa Land Company. The 10-year contract will allow the company to extract forest material designated by USFS for removal to promote fo...

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...