Press Releases

Bennet Lauds Bill to Expand "Good Neighbor"? Forest Health Program

Senate committee moves forest health bill forward

Jun 19, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet commended the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today for passing an amended version of Senator John Barrasso’s (R-WY) Good Neighbor Forestry Act. The amended bill is very similar to an amendment Bennet filed last month during the Senate Agriculture Committee’s markup of...
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FRA Shows Willingness to Collaborate with Communities on Train Horn Regs

Bennet, Udall Welcome Potential for Progress on Requests for Quiet Zones

Jun 19, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall welcomed remarks today from Federal Railroad (FRA) Administration leadership that the agency is interested in working with Congress to ensure its train-noise and quiet-zone rules protect public safety while also work for Colorado communities. At the request of Colorado’s U.S. Sena...
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Bennet Calls on House to Pass Farm Bill

Senate Passed Deficit-Cutting Bill with Broad, Bipartisan Support Last Week

Jun 18, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today pressed the U.S. House of Representatives to work quickly to pass a long-term reauthorization of the Farm Bill that will provide much-needed certainty for Colorado farmers and ranchers. The Senate passed its version of the bill last week with broad bipartisan support. “Producers ac...
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CBO Finds Immigration Bill Will Reduce Deficit, Increase GDP

Jun 18, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement on a report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the bipartisan immigration bill being debated in the Senate would decrease the budget deficit by $197 billion over the next ten years with even further reductions in the ten years following. ...
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Bennet Statement on Wildfires Burning Throughout Colorado

Jun 14, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to the wildfires burning throughout the state, including those in Black Forest, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Royal Gorge area of Colorado. “Our thoughts are with those who have lost their homes and property in these fires,” ...
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Senators Call for Senate Committee to Review Train Horn Regulations

Aim to help communities be safe and soundless

Jun 14, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall urged the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security in a letter to review the need for revisions to the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) regulations for train horns. The Senators said they hope that revisi...
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Colorado Counties Receive PILT Payments

Payments in Lieu of Taxes Support Police, Fire, Schools

Jun 13, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today congratulated 55 Colorado counties on receiving over $31.6 million under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. The payments will be used to help rural communities with nontaxable federal lands provide critical services, such as police, fire protection, emergency resp...
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USDA Declares 12 Colorado Counties Disaster Areas Due to Drought

Jun 12, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated six Colorado counties as primary natural disaster areas and six more as contiguous disaster areas due to ongoing severe drought conditions. The designations mean that farmers and ranchers in these counties are eligible for ...
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Bennet Forest Health Bills Pass Senate as Part of Farm Bill

Measures Will Streamline Forest Insect and Disease Treatments, Reauthorize Stewardship Contracting

Jun 12, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, welcomed the passage of the 2013 Farm Bill in the Senate today, which includes two measures to improve forest health. Bennet introduced both measures earlier this year and worked with the Committee to have them included in the comprehensive long-ter...
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