Press Releases

Bennet, Cortez Masto Call on HHS to Update HIPAA Privacy Rule to Protect Reproductive Rights

Senators Urge HHS To Use Authority to Prevent Providers and Insurers from Sharing Abortion Information with Law Enforcement Agencies

Jul 01, 2022
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) called on the Biden Administration to update the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect the privacy of patients who receive abortions from law enforcement agencies.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Join Colleagues in Calling on Department of Defense to Support and Protect Service Members Seeking Abortion Services

Jun 30, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined Armed Services Committee members U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to take immediate steps to support and protect servicemembers seeking abortion services following the Supreme Court’s dangerous and deeply harmful decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Bennet, Kaine, Colleagues Unveil Bill To Protect Veterans, Military Servicemembers, and Low-Income Families From Housing Discrimination

Legislation Will Prevent Landlords From Discriminating Against Individuals Based on Who They Are and How They Pay Their Rent

Jun 28, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) unveiled the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 to protect veterans, military servicemembers, and low-income families from housing discrimination.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Democrats Push Biden for “Bold Action” to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America

Senators Write: “There is no time to waste: nearly half of the states already had laws in place to ban abortion or severely restrict access as soon as the Supreme Court decision came down”

Jun 27, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined a group of 33 Democratic Senators in a letter to President Joe Biden urging “bold action” to protect the right to abortion after the conservative wing of the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Republicans made this generation of women the first with fewer rights than their mothers.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Urge Air Force to Address Water Contamination in El Paso County

Senators Ask the Air Force to Expand a Pilot Program That Removes Harmful Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) From Water to Cover Contaminated Areas in El Paso County

Jun 27, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper urged the U.S. Air Force to address water contamination in El Paso County from polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which was found in firefighting foam used at Peterson Space Force Base (SFB).
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Bennet Urges Senate to Pass Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Strengthens Background Checks, Closes the Boyfriend Loophole, Invests In Mental Health, and Improves School Safety

Jun 23, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged his colleagues on the Senate floor to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This legislation will strengthen background checks for young people, close the boyfriend loophole, invest in mental and behavioral health, and improve school safety.
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