Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, urged United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and USDA Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator Andrew Berke to maximize the benefit of USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program by giving full and fair consideration to the projects proposed in the letters of intent submitted by Colorado rural electric cooperatives.
Following a commitment from Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell to continue to work in good faith on the supplemental national security legislation, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released his hold on the FAA reauthorization and said the following:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) to introduce a bipartisan resolution to condemn Hamas terrorists for using sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war against Israelis during their attack on Israel on October 7th.

Bennet, Hickenlooper Public Lands Bills Pass Senate Committee With Bipartisan Support

The CORE Act and Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act Would Protect Approximately 488,000 Acres of Colorado’s Public Lands

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, celebrated the Committee’s passage of their Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act and Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act. This is the first time the bills have passed the Senate Committee with bipartisan support.
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) alongside U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) reintroduced the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act. This legislation would provide tax relief for AmeriCorps members who earn Segal Education Awards to help pay for higher education costs that they earn through their service.

Bennet, Senate Colleagues Urge Treasury to Ensure Families and Businesses Can Reap the Benefits of Clean Energy Tax Credits for Geothermal Heat Pumps, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Senators Call for New Guidance to Help More Americans Benefit from Clean Energy Tax Credits in the Inflation Reduction Act

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) led 14 of his Senate colleagues in a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calling on the agency to issue guidance to ensure consumers and businesses can take full advantage of the clean energy tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act to deploy geothermal heat pumps (GHP).