Press Releases

Sens. Udall, Bennet Announce $1.3 Million in Recovery Plan Funding for Peaks Vista Health Centers

Funding Projected to Help 5,240 Patients and Create 40 New Jobs in Colorado Springs

Mar 02, 2009
Washington, DC - Today, United States Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced that Peaks Vista Community Health Centers in Colorado Springs will receive $1.3 million dollars in new grant funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding, which is being distributed by the Health and Human Services (...
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Sen. Bennet Wraps up West Slope, High Plains Town Hall Tour on Economic Recovery Efforts

Holds Town Halls in Durango, Cortez, Rico, Ridgway, Delta, Grand Junction, Fort Morgan, Akron and Sterling

Feb 21, 2009
Denver, CO - This week, United States Senator Michael Bennet held town hall meetings in nine towns and cities across the state to hear first-hand how the economic crisis is affecting everyday Coloradans in their day-to-day lives. In these meetings, Coloradans of all ages and backgrounds shared their own personal accounts of d...
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Congress Approves American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Bill Will Create 60,000 Jobs in Colorado, Strengthen the Economy and Invest in America's Future

Feb 13, 2009
Washington, DC - Tonight, the United States Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act conference report. United States Senator Michael Bennet voted in favor of the measure, which was approved by a vote of 60 to 38. "American families are struggling. More than four million people have lost their jobs in the past...
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Senate Banking Committee Hears From Treasury Secretary on New Financial Rescue Plan

Bennet Urges Treasury to Provide Support for State, County Local Governments

Feb 10, 2009
Washington, DC – Today, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing to receive testimony from Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury, on the Obama Administration’s strategy – announced today – for the implementation of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (T...
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Sen. Bennet Discusses Colorado Ag Issues with USDA Secretary Vilsack

Feb 04, 2009
Washington, D.C. - This week, United States Senator Michael Bennet met with Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Senator Bennet is a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. In their meeting, Senator Bennet pledged to work with Secretary Vilsack and other ...
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Sen. Bennet Announces Locations of Colorado Senate Offices

Feb 03, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Michael Bennet announced the locations of his Colorado regional Senate offices. These offices - located in Pueblo, Alamosa, Colorado Springs, Fort Morgan, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Durango and Denver - will give Coloradans across the state a direct line and direct access to me...
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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Signed Into Law

Legislation Seeks to Restore Equal Pay for Equal Work, End Wage Discrimination

Jan 29, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Today, in a ceremony at the White House, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2008 into law. United States Senator Michael Bennet supported the measure, which overturns a U.S. Supreme Court decision that placed limits on a person's ability seek redress for wage discrimination in the...
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Bennet Votes to Renew, Improve Children's Health Insurance Program

Measure Will Extend Coverage to Over 4 Million More Uninsured Children

Jan 29, 2009
Washington, D.C. - Today, United States Senator Michael Bennet joined a bipartisan group of Senators in approving the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (H.R. 2), legislation that provides quality, affordable health coverage to millions of uninsured children from low-income families across the nation...
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