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Bennet Touts Colorado Priorities in Latest Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Package

Senator Disappointed the Agreement Doesn’t Include Flexibility for State, Tribal, and Local Governments to Use Funding Where They See Fit

Apr 21, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the statement below following Senate passage of the latest bipartisan Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) relief package, a nearly $500 billion plan to support small businesses, hospitals, and testing as Americans continue to weather the economic damage of the virus.
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Bennet, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Protect Food Supply, Essential Workers During COVID-19 Crisis

As Processing Plants Shutter and Food Industry Essential Workers Fall Ill, 36 Senators Urge Action To Protect Workers and the Food Supply

Apr 21, 2020
Denver – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of 36 Democratic senators in urging Vice President Mike Pence and other members of the Trump Administration to help ensure the safety of the nation’s food supply and to protect essential workers in the food supply chain during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COV...
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Bennet, Colleagues Urge Congressional Leaders To Expand Health Care Coverage In Any Future Coronavirus Legislation

Letter Comes as More Americans Continue to Lose Their Jobs and Their Employer-Based Health Care Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

Apr 17, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 37 of his Senate colleagues in pressing congressional leaders to make sure that any future Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) relief legislation includes strong measures to secure health care coverage for Americans in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
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Bennet, Gardner, Polis Make Unified Request for CARES Act Changes to Benefit Coloradans

Apr 16, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) along with Colorado Governor Jared Polis are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to make critical improvements to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to better support Coloradans during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, focusing on the areas of the legislation under negotiation in Washington.
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Bennet, Finance Committee Democrats Call for Equitable and Transparent Distribution of Remaining Health Care Provider Funds from CARES Act

In New Letter, Senators Outline Priorities for $70 Billion in the CARES Act Health Care Provider Fund

Apr 16, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet along with his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee called on the Trump Administration to distribute the remaining funding designated for health care providers in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in an equitable and transparent way.
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Following Push From Bennet, Brown, Hassan, Booker, IRS Heeds Call To Ensure SSI Beneficiaries Receive Stimulus Checks Automatically

Senators Recently Urged Administration to Make it Easier for Social Security Beneficiaries, SSI Recipients to Get Stimulus Checks

Apr 15, 2020
Following calls from Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it would issue stimulus checks automatically to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program beneficiaries.
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