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ICYMI: What They’re Saying About How Bennet Secured $4 Billion in Drought Funding in The Inflation Reduction Act

Bennet Fought to Include New Funding in the Bill To Tackle Drought in the Colorado River Basin and Across the American West

Aug 10, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources, worked with U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to secure $4 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to address drought in the American West.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Polis Welcome Nearly $46 Million for Colorado Transportation Projects

Funding Comes From the Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program, Created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Aug 10, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado Governor Jared Polis welcomed $45.8 million for three Colorado projects from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Polis Welcome $8.5 Million in U.S. Department of Commerce Grants to Support Economic Diversification Efforts in Northwest Colorado Coal Country

Federal Grants Will Help Communities Attract New Businesses, Create New Jobs, and Diversify Local Economy

Aug 10, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado Governor Jared Polis welcomed $8.5 million in grants from the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to support economic diversification efforts in coal communities in Northwest Colorado.
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Bennet Calls for Swift Passage of the Historic Inflation Reduction Act

Bill Includes Historic Climate Investment, Provisions to Lower Drug Prices, And Bennet’s Plan to Enact a 15% Corporate Minimum Tax

Aug 04, 2022
Today on the Senate floor, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called for swift passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, legislation to make the largest investment to fight climate change in history, reduce the U.S. deficit, lower prescription drugs and health care costs and help fight inflation for hard-working Coloradans.
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