Press Releases

Bennet: Delta County Small Businesses Eligible for SBA Disaster Assistance

Delta Among Eight Colorado Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas

Aug 08, 2011
Washington, DC—Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that small non-farm businesses in eight Colorado counties, including Delta, are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). These loans are intended to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues cause...
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Bennet Statement on Agreement to End FAA Shutdown

Aug 04, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after a tentative agreement was announced to end the current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shutdown. The shutdown affected hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars of economic activity in Colorado: “While I have yet ...
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Bennet Statement on Vote to Avoid First-Ever Default on National Debt

Aug 02, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after his vote to avoid a first-ever default on the nation’s financial obligations: “Why Washington took so long to resolve a crisis that was entirely of its own making is puzzling to me and to the people of Colorado. No mayor...
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Bennet Applauds New Guidelines to Close Gender Gap in Preventive Health Services

HHS Announcement Comes on Heels of Bennet Letter Urging Women's Preventive Health Services Be Covered

Aug 02, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of new guidelines to ensure women receive preventive health services at no additional cost. Announcement comes on the heels of Bennet letter urging HHS to follow the Institute of Medicine...
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Bennet, Udall Push FAA Extension to Keep Colorado Airports Improvement Projects On Track, Avoid Employee Furloughs

Hold-Up on Bill Could Stall Improvement Projects at DIA, Durango Airport, Loveland-Fort Collins Airport and Pueblo Memorial Airport

Jul 28, 2011
Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today sent a letter to Senate leadership pushing for an extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Authorization Bill to keep Colorado airports safe and open, avoid employee furloughs and prevent much-needed construction projects at many Colorad...
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Sens. Bennet, Alexander and Reps. Eshoo, Lance Introduce Bipartisan PREEMIE Act

Bipartisan Launch to Expand Research and Intervention for Premature Births

Jul 28, 2011
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), together with Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ), introduced the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act, to expand research, education and intervention activities related to preterm birth. This legislation will specifically help redu...
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