Press Releases

Bennet Leads Push for FCC to Deliver Denver TV to Montezuma, La Plata Counties

In Letter, Urges Commission to Work Toward Common Sense Fix in Upcoming Report

Jan 21, 2011
Durango, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to address a longstanding problem for Four Corners residents and finally deliver Denver TV to Montezuma and La Plata Counties. In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Bennet asked the commission to use an upcoming repo...
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Paving the Way for Success in Our Schools

Bennet Asks Coloradans to Share Stories of Red Tape Preventing Progress, Ideas to Create Reforms that Work

Jan 21, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is continuing his efforts to improve our education system and is asking to hear directly from Coloradans about their experiences with red tape and bureaucratic barriers getting in the way of progress in their schools and school districts as well as their ideas to make scho...
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Bennet Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Citizens United Ruling

Jan 21, 2011
Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement today on the one-year anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC ruling. “This 5 to 4 ruling abandoned longstanding precedent and made a broken Washington even more dysfunctional,” Bennet said. “It drowned the voices of ord...
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Bennet Names New Chief of Staff

Jan 20, 2011
Denver, CO - Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet announced today that he has named Jonathan Davidson as Chief of Staff of his Senate office. Davidson currently serves as Chief Counsel to U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner of Virginia. Prior to his work in Warner’s office, Davidson, a graduate of University of North Carolina-Chapel H...
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Bennet Continues Conversations on Improving Public Schools in Grand Junction

Meets with Students, Teachers, Parents on Visits to Clifton Elementary, Orchard Elementary

Jan 19, 2011
Grand Junction, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet stopped by two Grand Junction elementary schools today, continuing a series of education events that will include school and classroom visits and roundtable discussion with teachers, principals, parents and superintendents in Colorado and across the country to hear loc...
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Bennet Statement in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan 16, 2011
Denver, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet made the following statement in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which takes place tomorrow: "We honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to ending injustice wherever it exists. He inspired us with a message of peace, a dream of equality, and vision of...
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Bennet Announces $50 Million in LIHEAP Funding to Help Low-Income Families in Colorado Cope with High Heating Costs

Funding Comes after Letter to Senate Leadership Seeking Assistance for Families During Winter Months

Jan 13, 2011
Denver, CO – With temperatures dipping into the single digits this week, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced today that help is on the way for Colorado families struggling to pay their heating bills this winter. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released $50 million in Low-Income Home Energ...
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Bennet Announces New Regional Director for Four Corners Region

Jan 13, 2011
Durango, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced that John Whitney of Durango will serve as his regional director for the Four Corners Region of Colorado, covering Dolores, Montezuma, San Juan, La Plata and Archuleta counties. As one of Bennet’s representatives in Southwest Colorado, Whitney will lea...
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Bennet Kicks Off Conversations on Improving Public Schools at Lincoln Elementary

Will Meet with Educators, Students, Parents in Communities Across State, Country to Hear Local Ideas on Fixing our Public Education System

Jan 12, 2011
Colorado Springs, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet made a visit to Lincoln Elementary School today, the first in a series of education events that will include school and classroom visits and roundtable discussion with teachers, principals and superintendents in Colorado and across the country to hear local ideas on ...
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