Senate Initially Passed $100M for COPS Funding - Bennet Pushed to Increase Funds As Just 14 Percent of Requests Are Funded In Win, Bennet Secures $298 Million for Program in Omnibus Appropriations Bill Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today announced Senate approval of $298 million in funding for the Community Orient...

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Bennet Announces Push for Bill to Update Nation's Hard Rock Mining Laws, Which Have Not Been Updated Since 1872 Would Bring Balance to Hardrock Development on Public Lands, Provide Support to Clean up Abandoned Mines and Ensure Fair Return to Taxpayers Citing the need to bring the nation's mining law into the 21st century, Mich...

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Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, U.S. Senators for Colorado, and Representatives John Salazar and Betsy Markey today announced that they have secured an extension of the moratorium on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) expansion for an additional year. The moratorium on expansion will be included in the Omnibus Appropriations Act for...

Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today released the following statements on the dedication of an additional $40 million from the USDA to the U.S. Forest Service to address public safety concerns and forest health needs arising from the millions of acres of dead and dying trees from bark beetle infestations...

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Currently, Students Borrowing from Government Receive Help With Complaints From Federal Student Loan Ombudsman But Private Student Loan Recipients Have Nowhere to Turn For Help Legislation Would Lead to Creation of a Federal Private Student Loan Ombudsman to Improve Coordination, Assistance Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for ...

Department of Energy Funding Will Support Efforts to Convert Woody Biomass into High-Quality, Low-Emission Fuels Funding Expected to Create As Many As 200 New, Good-Paying Jobs Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, today announced that Colorado-based ClearFuels Technology and ZeaChem will receive approxima...

Amendment Makes Clear: Nothing In The Senate Health Care Reform Bill Will Cut Guaranteed Medicare Benefits Bennet: The Opponents Of Health Reform Do Not Have A Plan To Protect Seniors And Strengthen The Medicare Program Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today announced Senate passage of his amendment to the Senate heal...