Press Releases

Several Bennet Bills Pass the Senate In Annual Budget

Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Includes Bennet’s Bills to Address Our Nation’s Mental Health Crisis, Build Climate Resilience in the West, Help Americans Save for Retirement, and Support Ukraine

Dec 22, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed U.S. Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus funding bill, which includes several of his bills to address our nation’s mental and behavioral crisis, build climate resilience in the West, and help Americans retire with dignity.
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Bennet Urges Accountability from FCC on Broadband Mapping

Bennet, 26 Bipartisan Senators Detail Expectations Regarding Broadband Availability Maps

Dec 22, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and a bipartisan group of his colleagues in sending a letter to Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to ensure the FCC’s national broadband maps provide a reliable depiction of broadband availability across the nation.
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Bennet Urges Secretary Haaland to Reform Outdated Oil and Gas Bonding Rates to Ensure Companies, Not Taxpayers, Pay Cleanup Costs of Wells Drilled on Federal Lands

Bennet’s Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act Would Modernize Federal Bonding Rates to Reflect True Costs of Well Clean-Up

Dec 22, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland to address outdated and insufficient federal oil and gas bonding rates to ensure companies, not taxpayers, are the ones on the hook for the costs of cleaning up wells drilled on federal lands.
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Bennet Applauds Bipartisan Passage of His Amendment to Direct Funds from Seized Russian Assets to Support Ukraine

Bennet’s Amendment To the FY23 Omnibus Holds Russia Accountable for the War by Directing Funds from Seized Russian Assets to Assist Ukraine

Dec 22, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) applauded the passage of an amendment based on his bipartisan bill – the RELIEF for Ukraine Act – with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to direct any funds resulting from the disposal of seized Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Neguse Urge Over 65 Insurance Companies to Extend Additional Living Expenses Coverage to Marshall Fire Survivors

Lawmakers Press Companies to Extend ALE Coverage from 12 to 24 Months

Dec 22, 2022
As the one year anniversary of the Marshall Fire nears, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse sent a letter to over 65 insurance providers urging them to extend additional living expenses (ALE) coverage for survivors of the fire, who continue to recover and rebuild their homes.
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Bennet Secures Over $116 Million to Support 81 Colorado Projects Across Colorado

Bennet Secures Over $116 Million to Support 81 Colorado Projects Across Colorado

Dec 20, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that he secured over $116 million for 81 Colorado projects in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus funding bill through the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process. Overall, Colorado will welcome $175 million for Colorado projects this year.
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Support Grows for Bennet’s Affordable and Secure Food Act

242 Ag Groups Send Letter to Schumer, McConnell in Support of ASFA

Dec 19, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet highlighted growing support for his Affordable and Secure Food Act (ASFA), including in a letter from 242 agricultural industry groups representing family farmers, ranchers, producers, and the agricultural industry urging U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to attach the bill to the end-of-year omnibus bill.
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Bennet Urges Action To Address Agricultural Workforce Labor Crisis, Calls for Affordable and Secure Food Act Passage

Dec 19, 2022
Today, in a speech on the Senate floor, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged his colleagues to act on the agricultural workforce labor crisis affecting family farms and ranches in Colorado and across the nation, and to pass his legislation to reform the H-2A visa program, provide farm workers with certainty, lower food prices for American families, and secure our nation’s food supply.
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