Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today marked the sixth anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act being signed into law by calling on Congress to help close the pay gap between women and men working the same jobs.
The U.S. Senate has begun consideration of an energy bill that includes a provision based on Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet's bipartisan bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Bennet Helped Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Speed Up Approval Process
Jan 28, 2016
The U.S. Senate has begun consideration of an energy bill that includes a provision based on Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet's bipartisan bill to expedite the approval process for exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced a bipartisan amendment with Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) based on their bill to establish more practical mortgage lending processes, encourage investments in energy-efficient homebuilding, and create tens of thousands of construction jobs.
Measures from Bipartisan Bill Bennet Cosponsored Included in Committee-Passed Bill
Jan 28, 2016
he Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved a bill to strengthen and expand sanctions against the regime in North Korea and those who assist it.
Bennet is Cosponsor of Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen, Expand Sanctions against Hostile Regime
Jan 27, 2016
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet called on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to approve a bipartisan bill to strengthen and expand sanctions against the regime in North Korea and those who assist it.
The Senate this week passed a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) and fellow senators to extend a Medicare demonstration program that helps rural hospitals in sparsely populated states keep their doors open.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed rules for the disposal of methane emissions:
