Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) this week introduced the Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act, bipartisan legislation to establish a multi-stakeholder working group to reform U.S. Department of Transportation regulations regarding Hours of Service (HOS) and Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rules. The bill would delay enforcement of the ELD rule until the Transportation Secretary proposes reforms.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined a 20-1 bipartisan majority to approve the 2018 Farm Bill.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Washington U.S. Senator Patty Murray today filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to reverse the May 31 tariffs President Trump imposed on all steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico, and European Union countries.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with a bipartisan group of 11 Senators, this week demanded the administration release the results of a study regarding what levels of certain chemicals are safe in drinking water. According to recent news reports, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to block the release of results from a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) study on the toxic Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). PFAS are a class of toxic chemicals used in manufacturing that have been linked to a variety of cancers and serious health conditions.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the 2018 Farm Bill ahead of tomorrow’s scheduled bill markup.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today announced that the Finance Committee included two of his bills, the Every Prescription Conveyed Securely (EPCS) Act and the Assessing Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Act, in its legislative package to combat the opioid crisis.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R), along with a bipartisan group of senators, this week sent a letter to the Trump administration raising concerns about China’s attempts to undermine democratic institutions in the United States and supplant American leadership and alliances abroad. The senators called on the administration to develop a comprehensive strategy to counter Chinese actions, which aim to manipulate public discourse and democratic institutions in support of China’s interests.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s office today announced that his father, Douglas J. Bennet, Jr., died peacefully on Sunday, June 10, 2018.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet invites area residents to meet with a member of his Colorado staff in Teller County.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), today sent letters to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) expressing concern over President Donald Trump's reckless comments on market-moving economic data prior to their public release. The senators noted that this was a violation of federal guidelines and asked the SEC and CFTC to investigate whether any person or corporate entity was able to obtain and use market-moving information before the official release and questioned BLS about the controls it has in place to keep the data confidential. They also pressed the CEA on what additional steps the Administration will take to ensure that no one is taking advantage of the prerelease data for private gain.