Bennet, Hickenlooper, Neguse Urge Biden and FEMA to Grant Colorado’s Forthcoming Private Property Debris Removal Requests Following the Marshall Fire

Lawmakers Emphasize Urgency of Debris Removal as Colorado Communities Transition to Long-Term Rebuilding Efforts

Feb 02, 2022

Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse urged President Joe Biden and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to grant Colorado’s forthcoming Private Property Debris Removal (PPDR) requests in the wake of the Marshall Fire.

Bennet Joins President Biden at White House for Cancer Moonshot Announcement

President Biden Reignited Initiative, Called to Jumpstart Cancer Screenings Missed As A Result of the Pandemic

Feb 02, 2022

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined President Joe Biden at the White House to help reignite the Cancer Moonshot initiative, which Biden launched in 2016 while serving as vice president.

Ahead of SURS Program Expiration, Bennet, Cassidy, Welch, Burgess Introduce Legislation to Extend Technical Support Program for Clinicians in Small Practices

The Bipartisan, Bicameral SURS Extension Act Would Reauthorize Initiative for Practices to Participate and Succeed in the Quality Payment Program

Feb 02, 2022

Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and U.S. Representatives Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) introduced the Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program Extension Act of 2022 (SURS Extension Act).

Bennet Urges Biden Administration to Support Colorado’s Efforts to Automatically Register Voters through Medicaid

Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Would Help Colorado, Other States, Implement Medicaid-Based Automatic Voter Registration

Feb 01, 2022

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and CMS to support Colorado’s efforts to implement Medicaid-based Automatic Voter Registration (AVR).

Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome $79 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Funds to Cap Orphan Oil & Gas Wells Across Colorado

In Addition To Capping Leaking Wells, Funds Will Create Thousands Of Good Paying Jobs

Jan 31, 2022

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed news that Colorado can expect $79 million in grant funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the state.

Bennet Joins Gillibrand, Colleagues In Push To Expand TRICARE Coverage Of At-Home Covid-19 Tests For Service Members And Their Families

Letter to DoD Says TRICARE Coverage Should Follow Same Requirements as Biden Administration is Requiring For Those Covered Under Private Insurance

Jan 28, 2022

U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) joined their colleagues in a push to expand TRICARE coverage of at-home COVID-19 tests for service members and their families.

Bennet, Hickenlooper, Warnock, Colleagues Urge Defense Department to Protect Colorado Servicemembers, Military Families from Inadequate Private Base Housing

Senators Join Effort to Protect Servicemembers From Flawed Base Housing Conditions and Enhance Federal Oversight of Military Housing Operated by Private Housing Contractors, Including at Fort Carson

Jan 28, 2022

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and several colleagues in a new oversight effort to protect the nation’s servicemembers from unsanitary, unsafe living conditions at military base housing facilities operated by Balfour Beatty Communities (BBC) LLC.

Bennet, Stabenow, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Require Medicare to Cover Costs for Rapid COVID-19 Tests

Lawmakers Want Medicare Included In New Guidance That Requires Most Insurance Companies to Cover Rapid Tests

Jan 27, 2022

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) joined several of their U.S. Senate colleagues to urge the Biden Administration to include Medicare in its guidance that requires insurance companies to pay for rapid Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests.

Bennet Tours Habitat for Humanity Project That Will Increase Supply of Affordable Homes in Metro Denver, Congratulates Coloradan Closing on First Home

Bennet Toured Homeownership Development with Members of His Housing Affordability Strategy Group, Which He Convened with Hickenlooper, to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis in Colorado

Jan 27, 2022

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Maiker Housing Partners Executive Director Peter LiFari joined Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver CEO Heather Lafferty for a tour of Aria Homes by Habitat, an affordable housing development in a mixed-income community in Denver.

Bennet, Crow, Perlmutter, DeGette, Neguse Join Over 190 Congressional Lawmakers to File Amicus Brief Defending EPA’s Clean Air Act Authority

Jan 26, 2022

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado U.S. Representatives Jason Crow, Ed Perlmutter, Diana DeGette, and Joe Neguse joined U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and more than 180 congressional Democrats in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Neguse Urge Biden and FEMA to Grant Colorado’s Forthcoming Private Property Debris Removal Requests Following the Marshall Fire

Lawmakers Emphasize Urgency of Debris Removal as Colorado Communities Transition to Long-Term Rebuilding Efforts

Bennet Joins President Biden at White House for Cancer Moonshot Announcement

President Biden Reignited Initiative, Called to Jumpstart Cancer Screenings Missed As A Result of the Pandemic

Ahead of SURS Program Expiration, Bennet, Cassidy, Welch, Burgess Introduce Legislation to Extend Technical Support Program for Clinicians in Small Practices

The Bipartisan, Bicameral SURS Extension Act Would Reauthorize Initiative for Practices to Participate and Succeed in the Quality Payment Program

Bennet Urges Biden Administration to Support Colorado’s Efforts to Automatically Register Voters through Medicaid

Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Would Help Colorado, Other States, Implement Medicaid-Based Automatic Voter Registration

Bennet, Hickenlooper Welcome $79 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Funds to Cap Orphan Oil & Gas Wells Across Colorado

In Addition To Capping Leaking Wells, Funds Will Create Thousands Of Good Paying Jobs

Bennet Joins Gillibrand, Colleagues In Push To Expand TRICARE Coverage Of At-Home Covid-19 Tests For Service Members And Their Families

Letter to DoD Says TRICARE Coverage Should Follow Same Requirements as Biden Administration is Requiring For Those Covered Under Private Insurance

Bennet, Hickenlooper, Warnock, Colleagues Urge Defense Department to Protect Colorado Servicemembers, Military Families from Inadequate Private Base Housing

Senators Join Effort to Protect Servicemembers From Flawed Base Housing Conditions and Enhance Federal Oversight of Military Housing Operated by Private Housing Contractors, Including at Fort Carson

Bennet, Stabenow, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Require Medicare to Cover Costs for Rapid COVID-19 Tests

Lawmakers Want Medicare Included In New Guidance That Requires Most Insurance Companies to Cover Rapid Tests

Bennet Tours Habitat for Humanity Project That Will Increase Supply of Affordable Homes in Metro Denver, Congratulates Coloradan Closing on First Home

Bennet Toured Homeownership Development with Members of His Housing Affordability Strategy Group, Which He Convened with Hickenlooper, to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis in Colorado

Bennet, Crow, Perlmutter, DeGette, Neguse Join Over 190 Congressional Lawmakers to File Amicus Brief Defending EPA’s Clean Air Act Authority

Lawmakers Emphasize Urgency of Debris Removal as Colorado Communities Transition to Long-Term Rebuilding Efforts

President Biden Reignited Initiative, Called to Jumpstart Cancer Screenings Missed As A Result of the Pandemic

The Bipartisan, Bicameral SURS Extension Act Would Reauthorize Initiative for Practices to Participate and Succeed in the Quality Payment Program

Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Would Help Colorado, Other States, Implement Medicaid-Based Automatic Voter Registration

In Addition To Capping Leaking Wells, Funds Will Create Thousands Of Good Paying Jobs

Letter to DoD Says TRICARE Coverage Should Follow Same Requirements as Biden Administration is Requiring For Those Covered Under Private Insurance

Senators Join Effort to Protect Servicemembers From Flawed Base Housing Conditions and Enhance Federal Oversight of Military Housing Operated by Private Housing Contractors, Including at Fort Carson

Lawmakers Want Medicare Included In New Guidance That Requires Most Insurance Companies to Cover Rapid Tests

Bennet Toured Homeownership Development with Members of His Housing Affordability Strategy Group, Which He Convened with Hickenlooper, to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis in Colorado

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