Press Releases

Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome Nearly $23 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to Deploy High-Speed Internet

Bennet and Hickenlooper Urged NTIA to Fund Ute Mountain Ute Project in July

Oct 14, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed $22.7 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP).
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ICYMI: Bennet, Neguse Pen Op-Ed Celebrating Designation of Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument

Bennet and Neguse: “This designation — which we’ve spent years fighting to secure — will immortalize Camp Hale’s singular legacy and protect this treasured landscape for generations to come.”

Oct 14, 2022
In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse penned an op-ed today in the Vail Daily celebrating this week’s designation of the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument.
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Bennet, Merkley Call for Tribal Stewardship and Co-Management of National Lands

Oct 13, 2022
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore highlighting the significance of?Tribal stewardship over lands and waters that make up the National Forest System, and the need to continue collaborative participation from Tribal leadership and governments and the federal government.
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VIDEO: 10th Mountain Division Veterans Discuss Importance of Camp Hale, Advocate for National Monument Designation

WWII Veteran Francis Lovett and Afghanistan Veteran Brad Noone Reflect on Their Time Spent at Camp Hale In and Out of Service

Oct 11, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released a video of Francis Lovett, a 100 year-old WWII veteran, who trained at Camp Hale in the original 10th Mountain Division, and Brad Noone, a U.S. Army veteran who deployed to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division, in which they reflect on their personal relationship to Camp Hale, discuss the importance of the site to veterans, Coloradans, and U.S. history, and advocate for national monument designation for the camp and its surrounding area.
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Bennet Delivers More Than A Dozen New Letters from Coloradans to President Biden Urging Executive Action to Protect Landscapes in the CORE Act

Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribes, Ranchers, Business Owners, Veterans’ Advocates, Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Advocates Voice Support for Executive Action to Protect Landscapes In the CORE Act

Oct 11, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet delivered more than a dozen new letters from the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribes, ranchers, business owners, veterans’ advocates, and conservation and outdoor recreation champions urging President Joe Biden to use his Presidential authorities, including the Antiquities Act, to protect key landscapes included in the Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act and make Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range a national monument.
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Bennet, Neguse, Colleagues Urge Administration to Increase Investments in the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Bicameral, Bipartisan Letter Requests $450 Million to Bennet-championed Land and Water Conservation Fund

Oct 07, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture’s Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, joined Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and other Biden Administration cabinet officials requesting increased investments to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24).
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Bennet Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Direct Seized Russian Assets to Ukraine

The bipartisan legislation would streamline the seizure of ill-begotten Russian assets to benefit Ukraine

Oct 07, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in introducing legislation to empower U.S. authorities to seize ill-begotten assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his oligarchs, and direct the proceeds to benefit Ukrainian reconstruction and recovery.
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