Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Representative John Salazar today celebrated President Obama's inclusion of language in the FY 2011 budget that calls for the establishment of a new national veterans cemetery in southern Colorado. The announcement means that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can now begin pla...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement on the Senate's confirmation of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term: "I voted to pass Chairman Bernanke's nomination out of committee with the understanding that he, and indeed our entire government, must get serious about h...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) today applauded Senate passage of an amendment that would help reduce the national deficit and control Congressional spending. The legislation, known as Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO), would require Congress to find a way to pay for all new spending measures...

Washington, DC - Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, released the following statement after President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress: "Tonight, after a difficult year for our country, the President spoke directly to the American people about the serious chall...

Report Serves as Snapshot of Bennet's Work for Colorado Since Entering Office Highlights Work On Constituent Services, Jobs & Economy, Land and Water, Veterans, Agriculture & Rural Development, and More Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet's office released Fighting for Colorado Families: A Year in Review, a repo...

Denver, CO - Today, in the wake of a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate projecting this year's deficit to total $1.35 trillion, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet applauded President Barack Obama for his commitment to rein in the federal budget by freezing discretionary spending, which is similar to a provision Bennet supports...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet announced that they have joined their colleagues in passing a resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Colorado National Guard. The resolution, authored by the two Senators, honors the Colorado Guard for its service to the state and ...

Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet said that the U.S. Department of Labor's unemployment numbers for December 2009, which show unemployment in Colorado increasing to 7.5 percent, is a sign that immediate action is necessary to ensure the economic recovery is not a jobless recovery: "This morning, we received yet another reminder ...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined a group of 3o other senators in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Finance Chairman Committee Max Baucus urging an extension of unemployment benefits and eligibility for the COBRA Premium Assistance Program through December 31, 2010. The let...

Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to proceed with caution on changes to the federal crop insurance program given their potential impact on the lives of Colorado's farmers and ranchers. In a bipartisan letter to USDA's Rural Man...