Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on a hearing held today in the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Bennet is an original cosponsor of the narrowly tailored bill, which was introduced by Illinois U.S. Senator D...

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on President Obama’s plan to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: “I have consistently stated that the President must uphold his commitment and begin the process of bringing our troops in Afghanistan home. Tonight’...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) today introduced a bipartisan bill to create and support academies that train and support great teachers and principals to help improve student achievement in high-need schools. The Growing Excellent Achievement Training A...

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new strategy to help ensure the safety and quality of imported FDA-regulated products. “Most Americans hardly think twice about whether the drugs in our local pharmacy and super...

Washington, DC – Colorado US Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement on the FDA’s response to a letter Bennet and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) sent following the recent recall of millions of Triad Group medical products due to contamination and sterilization problems in the manufacturing process....

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement on cosponsoring a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). “The federal government should no longer pick and choose which legal marriages to recognize,” Bennet said. “Married same-sex couples deserve the ...

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the new Alabama immigration law. “Immigration is a federal responsibility and should not be done on a state by state piecemeal basis. It is past time to put politics aside so we can secure our borders and address the effects of ...

En Español Debajo Washington, DC – In an effort to help schools successfully educate the growing number of students who are learning English as a second language, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today introduced the English Learning and Innovation Act. English learners are the fastest growing student populatio...

Washington, DC—En un esfuerzo para ayudar a las escuelas a educar correctamente el creciente número de estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés como segundo idioma, U.S. Senador de Colorado Michael Bennet presentó hoy la Ley del Aprendizaje de Inglés e Innovación. Estudiantes quien...

Durango, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet asked for Coloradans’ feedback on his draft bill to legislatively protect more than 100,000 acres of the Hermosa Creek Watershed, an area in the San Juan National Forest north of Durango. Bennet will use the feedback to improve the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act...