Bill Would Protect and Enhance Opportunities for Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting Includes Bennet Bowhunting Provision Backed by Colorado Sportsmen Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet applauded Senate action to advance a bill that would protect and enhance opportunities for hunting, fishing, and shooting. The procedural vote...

Bennet Celebrates Chimney Rock National Monument

Bennet Led Efforts in Congress, Pushed the Administration for Monument Status

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined members of the administration, including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, as well as local and tribal leaders to celebrate the Presidential Proclamation designating Chimney Rock a national monument. President Obama signed the proclamation earlier...

Bennet, Portman Introduce CAREER Act

Bill Will Enhance Accountability and Ensure that Workers are Being Trained to Fill Jobs in Industries that Have Openings

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today introduced the Careers Through Responsive, Efficient, and Effective Retraining (CAREER) Act to make federal job training programs more responsive to the needs of the 21st-century job market. Federal job training programs can be a valuable tool to help job seekers ac...

Bennet, Cornyn Laud Committee Passage of SAFER Act

Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Rape Kit Backlog Receives Unanimous Support from Senate Judiciary Committee

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Cornyn (R-TX) applauded the passage of their bill in the Senate Judiciary Committee to help law enforcement process rape kits. The bill, which would help states and local governments conduct audits of rape kits, was reported out of committee with unanimous support. “Victims of se...

Bennet, Udall Introduce Amendment to Rescue Funding for Emergency Watershed Protection Program

Program Provides Critical Support to Restore Watersheds Damaged in Wildfires

Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall introduced an amendment to the U.S. House of Representative’s proposal to keep the government running for the next six months, commonly called the Continuing Resolution, to secure emergency funding for the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program. The amendment seeks to provide $27....

Colorado Farmer Discusses Drought, Farm Bill with Senators in Washington

Bennet Invites Colorado Corn Growers Association's Rick Palkowitsh to Steering Committee Meeting on Agriculture, Wildfires

Rick Palkowitsh, a Burlington corn farmer, joined Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today at a meeting of the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee on the 2012 Farm Bill, drought, and wildfires. Bennet invited Palkowitsh as part of his efforts to bring Colorado leaders to Washington to share their ideas and commonsense solu...

Alexander-Bennet PREEMIE Act Advances in Senate

Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Preterm Births Passes Senate HELP Committee

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today praised the passage of their bill in the committee to expand research, education, and intervention activities related to preterm birth. The PREEMIE Act will help reduce preterm bi...

Bennet Lauds New Reform to Encourage Wildlife Habitat Conservation, Protect Land Owners from New Regulation

Initiative will provide long-term regulatory predictability for rural Colorado farmers, ranchers

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet praised a new partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that will allow farmers, ranchers, and forest owners who abide by wildlife conservation practices to protect their land and operations...

Bennet Praises Decision to Designate Chimney Rock a National Monument

President Obama To Make Designation under Antiquities Act

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today praised the decision by President Obama to designate Chimney Rock as a national monument. The president will use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to make the designation. “Chimney Rock contains the rare combination of a spectacular geologic formation with extraordina...

USDA Expands Assistance for Drought-Stricken States

Bennet Urges House to Pass 2012 Farm Bill

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet praised an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it would make available an additional $11.8 million in assistance to help crop and livestock producers apply conservation practices that reduce the impacts of drought and improve soil health and productivity. “This...