Washington, DC - Today, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, announced that the University of Colorado at Boulder's Colorado Schools Safety Program (CSSP) is on track to receive $500,000 in federal funding to boost its efforts to stem school violence by bringing leading-edge knowledge to all Colorado schools about the causes ...

Washington, DC - Today, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, announced that the the Weld County Sheriff's Office is on track to receive $300,000 in federal funding to build a full-service crime lab serving Northern Colorado. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the funding as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science ...

In Senate Speech, Bennet Pushes for Health Care Reform That Is Fiscally Responsible Outlines How Rising Health Care Costs Continue To Burden Colorado's Families & Small Businesses Bennet Brings Stories of Coloradans from Pueblo, Golden, and Blanca to Washington - Spotlights Their Push for Health Care Reform Washington, DC - M...

Highlight Ascent Solar's Plans to Create 200 New Jobs in Colorado Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant Will Use ARRA-Extended Investment Tax Credit to Boost Business, Spur Job Creation Thornton, CO - Today, Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, visited and toured Ascent Solar Technologies in Thornton and discuss...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined their colleagues in the Senate in approving increased funding for the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) loan programs in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill. The funding will help Colorado farmers struggling to get loans as a result of the credit crunch. ...

Funding Will Support Emergency Preparedness Programs for State, Local and Tribal First Responders TTCI Expected to Have As Much as $6 Million Impact on Pueblo Economy Washington, DC - Today, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, announced that Pueblo's Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) is on track to receive $5...

Washington, DC - Today, in a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answered questions on the Obama Administration's proposal to modernize the American financial regulatory system. In the hearing, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado and a member of the Senate Banking Committee, exam...

Tourism Is Second Largest Industry in Colorado, Generating $4 Billion Per Year and Employing Nearly 150,000 People Bennet Urges Passage of Fiscally-Responsible, Bipartisan Bill to Boost Colorado's Tourism Economy, Job Creation Washington, DC - As the economic downturn continues to take its toll on Colorado families, Michael Be...

Washington, DC - Highlighting Colorado's unique position as a leader in the new energy economy, Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, hosted Spirae Distributive Energy, a Fort Collins-based Smart Grid integration company, at a Green Jobs Summit in the Senate today. Bennet nominated the company to represent Colorado at the ev...

ARRA Increased Small Business Administration Guarantees of Certain Loans, Temporarily Eliminated Fees; TARP Increased Funding to Help Unfreeze Credit Letter to Administrator Mills Urges SBA to Work with Colorado Lenders to Ease Credit Crunch Caused by Closure of New Frontier Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and M...