Adam Bozzi, Communications Director for Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, released the following statement regarding reported threats to Senator Bennet’s Denver Office. “We can confirm that there was a threat against Senator Bennet’s office and that the FBI working with the Capitol Police have arrested th...

Denver, CO - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement today on the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords. “My thoughts today are with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her staff, the victims of today’s tragedy and their families. This type of senseless violence has no place in our nation. ...

Denver, CO -Senador Michael Bennet hizo la siguiente declaración hoy sobre el tiroteo que hirió Representante de los Estados Unidos Gabby Giffords. "Mis pensamientos hoy están con Representante Gabrielle Giffords, su personal, las víctimas de la tragedia de hoy y a sus familias. Este tipo de violencia ...

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on Senate passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. “When America was attacked on September 11, 2001, heroic first responders risked their lives by running into burning buildings and wading through smoldering wr...

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement applauding Senate ratification of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, also known as New START. “For more than a year, our inspectors have been shut out of Russia’s nuclear facilities,” said Bennet. “By...

Washington, DC—Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of William Martinez for U.S. District Court in Colorado, by a vote of 58-37: “After months of needless delay, Bill Martinez can finally begin serving justice and the people of Colorado on the federal...

Washington, DC—Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet took to the floor of the Senate today to urge his colleagues to approve the nomination of William Martinez for U.S. District Court in Colorado. The vote comes after months of delays in action on judicial appointments. In July, Bennet and U.S. Sen. Mark Udall wrote a letter...

Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, released the following statement after final approval in Congress of a bill he has co-sponsored to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ The bill will now be sent to the President to be signed into law. “It it past time to repeal &lsqu...

Washington, DC – Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, released the following statement urging his colleagues to support the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM Act. “Washington needs to stop playing politics with our broken immigration system and start working together to solve a proble...

Washington, DC – Bennet released the following statement on a series of public land bills stalled in Congress that includes San Juan Wilderness, Chimney Rock and several other key measures for Colorado. “The Senate has stalled long enough. It is past time to move forward on a public lands package that includes long-a...