Committee Has Yet to Hold a Single Hearing on Islands’ Recovery One Year After Hurricanes Irma, Maria
Sep 25, 2018
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, with seven colleagues on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), today sent a letter to HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to reiterate a request that the Committee hold hearings to assess the challenges faced by the health and educational systems of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Ten Colorado Institutions Would Benefit from Funding Expansion
Sep 21, 2018
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this week introduced legislation to permanently extend and increase mandatory funding levels for minority-serving institutions.
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today announced the Army will stand up a Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) announcement rolling back the Methane and Waste Prevention Rule.
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today led Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tom Carper (D-DE), Todd Young (R-IN), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), members of the bipartisan Senate health care price transparency working group, in releasing draft legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded Senate passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act, which includes four Bennet-sponsored provisions, and called on Congress to do more to address the increasing opioid epidemic.
Legislation updates programs aimed at preventing preterm births
Sep 13, 2018
The Senate passed legislation last night sponsored by U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to reduce infant deaths and improve infant health by continuing research and education programs aimed at preventing preterm births.