Press Releases

Bennet Amendments Included in Bipartisan Bill to Fix No Child Left Behind

Oct 21, 2011
Washington, DC – Amendments from Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, former Denver Public Schools Superintendent, to improve teacher and principal training, analyze and work to eliminate duplicative regulations and invest in research and development to promote education innovations were included in the bill to fix No Child ...
Read More

Bennet Statement on Bipartisan Committee Passage of Bill to Fix NCLB

Bennet Provisions Would Support Teachers and Principals, Drive Innovation and Help Ensure Kids Receive a 21st Century Education

Oct 20, 2011
Washington – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s bipartisan approval of a bill to fix No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The measure passed by a vote of 15 to 7. “We have a vital national interest in the education of our kids; the f...
Read More

Bennet Continues Education Reform Fight as Committee debates NCLB

Oct 20, 2011
Senator Bennet is continuing his fight for a bipartisan roll back of the No Child Left Behind law as the Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee debates the education reauthorization bill. The committee has spent the majority of the day debating and voting on amendments to the bill that Bennet called an encouraging f...
Read More

Bennet, Isakson Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Account for Energy Costs in Mortgage Underwriting

SAVE Act Would Create New Construction Jobs, Encourage Energy Retrofits, Lower Home Energy Bills - Bill has Support from Broad Coalition of Real Estate, Business, Building Trade, and Conservation Groups

Oct 19, 2011
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today introduced a bipartisan bill that would enable better mortgage underwriting, encourage investments in energy efficient homebuilding and create more than 80,000 construction jobs. Under the Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act, fed...
Read More

Bennet Calls for Crack Down on Prescription Drug Theft at Recently Burglarized Pharmacies in Loveland, Fort Collins

In Wake of Pharmacy Burglaries, Bennet Will Push Bill to Crack Down on Pharmaceutical Theft

Oct 14, 2011
Fort Collins, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet stopped by two Colorado pharmacies today as part of his call for creating stronger measures to crack down on prescription drug theft. Bennet’s visits to Good Day Pharmacies in Loveland and Fort Collins, both of which were recently victims of pharmaceutical theft, s...
Read More

Bennet, Klobuchar, Burr Introduce Legislation to Boost Medical Device Innovation

Bill would reduce regulatory burdens that unnecessarily delay new medical devices from reaching the market

Oct 13, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with Senate colleagues Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Burr (R-NC), today introduced legislation that would help boost medical innovation by reducing regulatory burdens that unnecessarily delay beneficial new medical products from reaching patients. The Medical Dev...
Read More

Bennet: Sedgwick County Producers Eligible for USDA Emergency Loans

Sedgwick Among Counties in Colorado Designated Natural Disaster Areas

Oct 11, 2011
Washington, DC—Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced today that Colorado farmers and ranchers in Sedgwick County are eligible for natural disaster assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The announcement comes on the heels of the USDA’s recent designation of several Nebraska and Colorado coun...
Read More

Bennet: Bipartisan NCLB Fix an Encouraging First Step

Bennet Provisions Would Support Teachers and Principals, Drive Innovation and End Inequality to Help Ensure Our Kids Receive a 21st Century Education

Oct 11, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today said that the bipartisan bill to fix No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is an encouraging first step and that he hopes Congress will ultimately pass a bill to help ensure all of our kids receive a quality education. “If there was a rally tomorrow to keep No Child L...
Read More
« First < Prev Next > Last »