Bennet Announces A Record $125.6 Million to Help Colorado Families Cover Energy Costs This Winter

Thanks to Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, Colorado Will Receive Nearly Double Its Typical Allocation for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that Colorado will receive a record $125.6 million for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help Colorado families cover energy bills this winter.

ICYMI: Bennet Pens Op-Ed One Year After the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Bennet: “A year after Jan. 6, we should ask what we owe generations of Americans that have fought to make this country live up to our founding creed?”

In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet penned an op-ed today in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel one year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol and the attempt to block the certification of the 2020 election.

Bennet, Casey, Wyden, Kelly Seek Assurances on Federal COVID-19 Response in Nursing Homes as Omicron Spreads

Recent Reporting Suggests the Pace of Administering Booster Shots and Second Primary Vaccines In Nursing Homes May Be Putting Residents At Risk

In the face of surging Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Bob Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra seeking information on the agency’s steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among nursing home residents and workers.