Press Releases

Bennet, Hickenlooper Call on Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Assist Colorado Communities Recovering from Devastating Wildfires

Mar 09, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Hickenlooper (D), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, called on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack to support wildfire recovery efforts in Colorado after the state faced the three largest wildfires in Colorado history in 2020.
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Bennet, Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Promote Use of Wind Energy

Mar 08, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to modernize and extend the small wind investment tax credit (ITC) to help farmers, ranchers, and small businesses offset the up-front costs of developing and owning small wind turbines that generate electricity.
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Bennet Applauds Senate Passage of American Rescue Plan

A Lifeline to Communities, the Bill Includes Bennet’s Health Force Proposal and Bennet-Led Tax Credit Expansions

Mar 06, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet helped secure passage of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion proposal to fight the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and help Americans weather the economic fallout of the crisis.
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Bennet Secures Investigation into Federal Government’s Role in Spread of COVID-19 in Meat Processing Facilities

Mar 05, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an audit of USDA actions that may have contributed to the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in meat processing facilities and other agricultural processing facilities.
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Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Reassert American Leadership & Values in Emerging Technologies

This Legislation Would Create an Office Focused on Partnering with Democratic Countries to Counter Chinese Dominance in 5G, AI, Quantum Computing, and More

Mar 04, 2021
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced legislation to develop a strategic partnership among democratic countries to compete against the growing technological influence of the Chinese Communist Party and other authoritarian regimes.
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Bennet, King, Portman, Manchin Urge Biden Administration to Create Modern, Unified Federal Broadband Standard

In Bipartisan Letter, Senators Call on Administration to Learn from Pandemic and Establish Consistent, 21st Century Definition of High-Speed Broadband

Mar 04, 2021
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) wrote to the Biden Administration urging it to update federal standards for high-speed broadband to reflect modern uses and align those standards across the government.
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