Press Releases

Bennet, Finance Committee Democrats Denounce Trump Administration for Recent Proposals That Will Harm Medicaid Recipients

Letter Comes on Heels of President Trump’s Budget Proposal Which Includes Nearly $1 Trillion in Cuts to Medicaid

Feb 13, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Senate Finance Committee Democrats called on the Trump Administration to end its harmful attacks on the Medicaid program, which provides essential health care to more than 1.3 million Coloradans.
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Bennet, Senate Democrats Criticize Administration for Stonewalling Veterans Suffering from Agent Orange

Following VA Report, Senators Join Veterans Service Organizations and Afflicted Veterans in Calling for the Expansion of Presumptive Conditions

Feb 12, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and over 40 of their Democratic colleagues in condemning the Trump Administration for stonewalling critical benefits to veterans suffering from health conditions associated with their exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
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Bennet Statement on President’s Budget Proposal

Bennet Welcomes Investment in Arkansas Valley Conduit, Warns Deep Cuts to Critical Programs Will Hurt Coloradans

Feb 10, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement in response to President Trump's budget proposal.
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Bennet Applauds $28 Million Funding for the Arkansas Valley Conduit

Funding Follows Bennet’s Decade-Long Effort to Move Conduit Forward

Feb 04, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement applauding news that the Arkansas Valley Conduit will receive $28 million of Bureau of Reclamation funding to begin construction on the water diversion and storage project in the lower Arkansas Valley, which would bring clean drinking water to an estimated 50,000 Coloradans.
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Bennet, Gardner Call on Federal Government to Expand Analysis of K-12 Education Spending in New Study

Letter Asks Department Of Education to Include Programs That Benefit Low-Income and Underrepresented Students in Upcoming Study

Feb 04, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) called on the U.S. Department of Education to expand its planned analysis of federal K-12 education spending – the first study of its kind in over a decade – to include dual and concurrent enrollment programs and early college high schools.
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Bennet, Gardner Urge Immediate Action to Support Sugar Beet Farmers

Senators Urge USDA To Support Sugar Beet Farmers After Second Straight Growing Season Affected By Adverse Weather

Feb 03, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) sent a letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to take immediate action in implementing a provision designed to support sugar beet farmers during adverse weather.
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