Press Releases

NEW REPORT: Bennet Highlights New U.S. Census Bureau Survey Data Showing Economic Hardship Declined in Households With Children as Child Tax Credit Payments Arrived

As the Second Payments of the Bennet-championed Expanded Child Tax Credit Begin to Reach Families on Friday, Survey Shows Food Insufficiency Also Dropped in Households with Children

Aug 11, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed new data from the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey that found economic hardship declined in households with children following the first payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) in July.
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Bennet, Colleagues Unveil Comprehensive Bill to Improve Nursing Homes for Residents And Workers

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Claimed the Lives of More Than 184,000 Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Residents and Workers

Aug 11, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve quality of care and oversight after the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic took the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents and workers in nursing homes.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome Initial $12 Million in Funding from the Department of Transportation to Begin Repairing I-70

Bennet, Hickenlooper Led Colorado Congressional Delegation in Supporting Colorado’s Request for Emergency Federal Resources to Aid Response Efforts

Aug 10, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper released the following statement after the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration awarded the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) $11.6 million to begin repairs to I-70.
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Bennet Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Legislation Includes Many Bennet-backed Proposals to Invest in Broadband, Build Climate Resilience, Support Wildfire Recovery, and Improve Tribal Access to Clean Water

Aug 10, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
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Bennet, Portman Introduce Legislation to Extend Tax Filing Deadlines During Natural Disasters, National Emergencies

Senators Applaud Legislation’s Inclusion in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Aug 09, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the Automatic Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Major Disasters and Critical Events Act, which is included in the major bipartisan infrastructure package, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
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ICYMI: Bennet Discusses Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Investing in the American People on PoliticsNation with Reverend Al Sharpton

Bennet Continues Push to Extend the Expansion of the Child Tax Credit in Upcoming Reconciliation Package

Aug 09, 2021
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet appeared Saturday on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Reverend Al Sharpton to discuss the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), extending the expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), and investing in the American people.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Lead Colorado Congressional Delegation Letter Supporting Emergency Aid for Glenwood Canyon

Aug 06, 2021
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and John Hickenlooper (D) were joined by Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D), Joe Neguse (D), Lauren Boebert (R), Ken Buck (R), Doug Lamborn (R), Jason Crow (D), and Ed Perlmutter (D) in urging the Biden Administration to quickly approve the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) request for emergency federal resources to aid the response to severe mudslides and flash flooding along the I-70 corridor through Glenwood Canyon.
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Bennet, Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Warren Applaud Investments in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to Improve Tribal Access to Clean Water

Improvements Mirror Senators’ Tribal Access to Clean Water Act, Help Fulfill the Federal Government’s Trust Obligation to Support Tribal Communities

Aug 05, 2021
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) applauded funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that will improve Tribal access to clean water.
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