Press Releases

Bennet: Main Street Wins With Landmark Wall Street Reform

Bennet Applauds Final Passage of Wall Street Reform

Jul 15, 2010
Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today applauded Senate passage of historic legislation that lays out new rules for Wall Street, cracks down on big bank abuses, improves accountability and transparency in the financial sector, ends taxpayer-funded bailouts and protects consumers. The Wall Street Re...
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Bennet: We Must Deliver for Main Street, Pass Wall Street Reform

Bennet Calls for Passage of Legislation to Crack Down on Big Bank Abuses

Jul 15, 2010
Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today urged the Senate to pass historic legislation that lays out new rules for Wall Street, cracks down on big bank abuses, improves accountability and transparency in the financial sector, ends taxpayer-funded bailouts and protects consumers. “It’s lo...
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Udall, Bennet Urge Obama Administration to Renew Payments to Support Rural Counties

Lawmakers Continue Push to Bolster Schools, Economies in Colorado's Rural Counties

Jul 14, 2010
Washington, D.C. – Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, Colorado’s U.S. Senators, today joined a bipartisan effort to maintain the “contract” between rural America and the federal government. Udall and Bennet are among 29 U.S. senators from both parties who are urging the Obama Administration to include a long-ter...
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Bennet: Time is Now to Fix Washington, Deliver for American People

Bennet Pushes for Passage of Important Legislation During Month-long Work Period

Jul 14, 2010
Washington, DC – At the beginning of another four-week work period, following the previous work period during which the Senate failed to produce legislation on major issues like jobs and the economy, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today released the following statement: “We are three days into this legislat...
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Bennet Joins Effort to Honor World War II Members of Civil Air Patrol

Jul 09, 2010
Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today announced he will cosponsor a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to honor the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). “Members of the Civil Air Patrol served honorably and protected Americans during World War II from potential enemy th...
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Bennet: Denial of Health Care Due to One Penny Discrepancy Deplorable

Woman Threatened Denial of Coverage Over One Penny Prime Example of Why We Need to Stand Up Against Big Insurance Companies

Jul 08, 2010
Washington, DC – After reports that a Colorado Springs woman was threatened that her coverage would be dropped due to a dispute over one cent, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today released the following statement calling for practices like these to end. “It is unconscionable that an insurance company or a ...
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Bennet, Udall, Salazar Applaud VA Response to Request to Ease Benefits Process for Veterans Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Lawmakers Had Urged Elimination of Burdensome Rule In Letter to Secretary Shinseki

Jul 08, 2010
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, and Congressman John Salazar today welcomed the Department of Veterans Affairs agreement to streamline a burdensome and tangled VA process after the lawmakers sent a letter to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki urging him to make it easier for veterans diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disord...
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Bennet: On Day 80, Oil Continues to Gush into Gulf, Investigators Still Without Subpoena Power

Eighty Days Since Oil Rig Explosion, Bennet Renews Call for Subpoena Power for Commission Investigating Spill, End to Liability Cap

Jul 08, 2010
Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, released the following statement on now the eightieth day since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico: “Eighty days after the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that took the lives of 11 people and wounded 17 others, oil is still gushi...
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Bennet: Coloradans with Pre-existing Conditions Can Now Get Health Insurance

Bennet Applauds Health Insurance Option for Coloradans with Pre-existing Conditions

Jul 06, 2010
Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today applauded the establishment of Colorado’s new Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) to provide a health insurance option for Coloradans who are denied coverage for a pre-existing condition. Starting today, Coloradans can apply for coverage through...
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