Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 25 Senate colleagues to release the following statement:

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, member of the Senate Finance Committee, alongside Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.), and six Senate colleagues, introduced legislation to update and expand unemployment insurance to better meet the needs of the modern workforce and more effectively respond during times of economic crisis.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) alongside U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Angus King (I-Maine), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), wrote to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning in support of the updated oil and gas bonding requirements in the BLM’s proposed Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Rule.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet, chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, and John Hickenlooper joined Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse to urge ten insurance companies representing Colorado’s homeowners to extend Additional Living Expenses (ALE) coverage for survivors of the Marshall Fire from 24 months to 36 months.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper applauded an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Colorado will receive $54 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) resources to support low-income families across the state.

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led 30 of their senate colleagues in a letter urging the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to ensure over-the-counter birth control is available for service members and their families on military bases, without a copay and without a prescription.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper alongside Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette, Ken Buck, Joe Neguse, Jason Crow, Brittany Pettersen, and Yadira Caraveo called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to work with Denver International Airport to improve wait times for passengers.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed Colorado’s designation as a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub for quantum technology.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and 30 colleagues to urge Congressional leaders to extend funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 35 Senate colleagues to release the following statement urging access to humanitarian aid in Gaza: