Alexander-Bennet Bill to Prevent Premature Birth and Infant Mortality Passes Senate

PREEMIE bill passed by Senate, heads to House of Representatives

U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today praised passage by the Senate of the bipartisan PREEMIE Act, their bill to expand research, education, and intervention activities related to preterm birth. Alexander said, “This bill will give the more than 200 premature babies born on average each ...

Bennet, Udall Welcome Nomination of Raymond Moore to U.S. District Court in Colorado

Moore's Nomination Follows an Open, Competitive Review Process

Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall welcome President Barack Obama’s nomination today of Raymond Moore, the current federal public defender for Colorado and Wyoming, to the U.S. District Court of the District of Colorado. Moore, if confirmed, would replace Chief Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, who is becoming a senior judge in Janu...
With Congress resuming its work in Washington this week, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged the House of Representatives to take up and pass the 2012 Farm Bill. The bill garnered broad, bipartisan support when the Senate passed it in June. The House Agriculture Committee passed its own version with bipartisan support....
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) announcement that it has published its plan to support research and development of oil shale technologies on Colorado’s public lands. “Colorado enjoys an abundance of energy resources that w...
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and National Park Service (NPS) announced they will be waiving entrance and usage fees at most of their day-use recreation sites over the Veterans Day holiday weekend, November 10-12. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is encouraging Coloradans to take advantage of ...