Currently, Combat Pay Can Make Dependents of Service Members Ineligible for Crucial Child Nutrition Programs When Family Members Go Overseas Bipartisan Legislation Will Permanently Exempt Combat Pay from Income Requirements, Ensure Families Have Access to Nutritional Programs Bill Overcomes Key Hurdle in Senate Appropriations C...

Washington, DC - Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today announced that the 140th Fighter Wing of the Colorado National Guard at Buckley Air Force Base is on track to receive $4.5 million in new federal funding to expand its weapons release complex for the 140th Fighter Wing of the Colorado Air National Gua...

Washington, DC - Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today announced that $119 million in funding for the long-awaited construction of a stand-alone, state-of-the-art Veterans Hospital at Fitzsimons is one step closer to reality. The funding for the VA Hospital at Fitzsimons was included at the request of Sen...

Washington, DC - Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, announced today that library facilities in the Walsenburg community will get a boost of $25,000 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funding for the Friends of the Spanish Peaks Library will be used to renovate library facilities. ...

Aspen, CO - As Coloradans continue to struggle in the current economic crisis, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today met with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Aspen Campus administrators and educators to discuss local workforce training initiatives. In an effort to support local job retraining, Bennet spotlighted the co...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced they have forwarded the names of six Coloradans to President Obama to fill two federal District Court vacancies created by Judge Lewis Babcock's decision to assume Senior Judge status, and the more recent resignation of Judge Edward Nottingham. The Sen...

The Funds Are Part of Nearly $17 Million for 15 Health Centers in Colorado ARRA Funds Will Help to Improve Local Health Care Facilities, Patient Care Washington, DC -Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today announced Craig's Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association in Colorado will receive nearly $300...

The Funds Are Part of Nearly $17 Million for 15 Health Centers in Colorado ARRA Funds Will Help to Improve Facilities, Patient Care at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver Health and Hospital Authority & Metro Community Provider Network Washington, DC -Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today ...

The Funds Are Part of Nearly $17 Million for 15 Health Centers in Colorado ARRA Funds Will Help to Improve Local Health Care Facilities, Patient Care Washington, DC -Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today announced Norwood's Uncompahgre Combined Clinics in Colorado will receive more than $320,000 thousan...

The Funds Are Part of Nearly $17 Million for 15 Health Centers in Colorado ARRA Funds Will Help to Improve Local Health Care Facilities, Patient Care Washington, DC -Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today announced Lamar's High Plains Community Health Center in Colorado will receive more than $500,000 ...