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.

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.

Amidst a devastating wildfire season in Colorado, including the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today led U.S. Senator Cory Gardner and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse and Scott Tipton in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to quickly approve Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) funding to mitigate and recover from wildfire damage.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced nearly $21 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help Colorado combat the opioid crisis.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s decision to cancel all election security briefings for Congress.

This week in the Crested Butte News, Editor Mark Reaman penned an editorial about the Gunnison Public Lands Initiative (GPLI), a project started eight years ago by local community leaders and public lands advocates to develop legislation with Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, co-chair of the Congressional Olympic and Paralympic Caucus, toured the new United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs after it opened to the public on July 30 following years of work on what is now the first comprehensive Olympic museum in the United States, and the first to celebrate both Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet delivered remarks at City Park to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington and demand racial justice in our country.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined local government leaders, broadband stakeholders, and providers in La Junta for a discussion on the region’s efforts to deploy affordable, high-speed broadband for Coloradans in Southeastern Colorado.