Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet unveiled a sweeping proposal to strengthen and modernize unemployment insurance (UI) so that it better supports Americans with targeted, timely, and comprehensive assistance when the economy deteriorates.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of 36 senators and 87 representatives in pressing the Trump Administration on reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing mass deportations of recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), or Dreamers, young immigrants who grew up in the United States and know no other home.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), led 17 of their colleagues in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) urging them to support robust funding for all K-12 students to have adequate home internet connectivity if their schools close due to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the next version of the coronavirus relief package.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R), along with Colorado U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D), Joe Neguse (D), Scott Tipton (R), Doug Lamborn (R), Jason Crow (D), and Ed Perlmutter (D), are requesting that the President of the United States approve the request from Colorado Governor Jared Polis for additional funding to support the Colorado National Guard as they work to respond to statewide incidents related to the preservation of life and property in connection with COVID-19.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) led every member of the Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence demanding answers about supplies and equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) critical to addressing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

New Bipartisan Legislation Would Sustain Rural Hospitals and Providers While Alleviating Pressure on Urban Hospitals Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced the Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act, new legislation to address the impending...

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led 18 of his Senate colleagues in calling for increased federal funding for schools and school employees, such as cafeteria staff, bus drivers, and custodians, who are working overtime to support their communities during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 31 of his Senate colleagues in condemning the Trump Administration’s decision to approve a Medicaid waiver request submitted by Texas that allows the state to receive federal funding while excluding providers like Planned Parenthood from their family planning program.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet applauded the announcement by DISH Network that it has launched the Denver-based network affiliates of ABC (KMGH) and FOX (KDVR) to subscribers in La Plata County.

Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet along with U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), led a bipartisan group of 26 senators in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase subsidies to health care providers through the Rural Health Care Program. The addition...