Washington, DC - United States Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement in response to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's decision to issue a secretarial disaster designation for Chaffee County: "Secretary Vilsack is right to heed Governor Ritter's disaster designation re...

Washington, DC - United States Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced today that Colorado will receive $103.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for state and local transportation authorities to build and repair Colorado's public transportation infrastructure. "These funds represent an im...

Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing to examine what led to the collapse of American International Group (AIG), why the financial giant has required assistance from the federal government, and what lessons can be gleaned from the company's demise to help prevent similar events from occurring in t...

Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing to examine how national school breakfast and lunch programs can be used to improve child health and nutrition in a time of shrinking budgets and growing waistlines. At the hearing, United States Senator Michael Bennet - a former school Superintendent and ...

Washington, DC - Today, in a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Eric Shinseki, United States Senator Michael Bennet urged the Secretary to stand with Colorado veterans and support the construction of a stand-alone, state-of-the-art Veterans Medical Center at the Fitzsimons Campus in Aurora. I...

Washington, DC - Today, United States Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced that Peaks Vista Community Health Centers in Colorado Springs will receive $1.3 million dollars in new grant funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding, which is being distributed by the Health and Human Services (...

Denver, CO - This week, United States Senator Michael Bennet held town hall meetings in nine towns and cities across the state to hear first-hand how the economic crisis is affecting everyday Coloradans in their day-to-day lives. In these meetings, Coloradans of all ages and backgrounds shared their own personal accounts of d...

Washington, DC - Tonight, the United States Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act conference report. United States Senator Michael Bennet voted in favor of the measure, which was approved by a vote of 60 to 38. "American families are struggling. More than four million people have lost their jobs in the past...

Washington, DC - Today, in a letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, United States Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet urged the Secretary to consider the many mission-related attributes of Peterson Air Force Base and the Pikes Peak region when selecting the final location for the headquarters of the 24th Air Force. ...

Washington, DC – Today, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing to receive testimony from Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, on the Obama Administration’s strategy – announced today – for the implementation of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (T...