Press Releases

Bennet, Democratic Senators Condemn Trump's Executive Order Threatening National Monuments

Letter demands any process for evaluating monument protections be ‘open, transparent, and public'

Apr 26, 2017
Colorado Senator Michael Bennet today joined Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and 27 other Democratic senators in sending a letter to President Trump condemning his Executive Order, which threatens national monuments by directing the Department of Interior to review, and possibly modify or rescind, prior monument designations.
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Bennet Joins Bipartisan Bill to Benefit Rural Hospitals

Extends Key Medicare Programs Critical to Colorado’s Rural Health Care

Apr 21, 2017
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in introducing legislation to permanently extend critical Medicare financing programs that assist rural hospitals in Colorado.
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Bennet Congratulates Jeanette Vizguerra on TIME 100 Honor

Denver Woman Is 'Face of Immigration Crisis,' Still Facing Deportation

Apr 20, 2017
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement after Jeanette Vizguerra, the Denver mother facing deportation to Mexico, was selected among the 2017 TIME 100, the magazine's annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world:
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Western Democratic Senators To Trump: Don't Reverse National Monument Designations

Urge President to Uphold Protections for Bears Ears and all National Monuments

Apr 12, 2017
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined eight Western Democratic senators today in calling on President Trump to live up to his repeated promises on the campaign trail to protect public lands for all Americans and uphold the existing protections for the 157 national monuments, which have been designated throughout the decades by nearly every U.S. president of the last century.
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Bennet Continues to Press President on Foreign Conflicts of Interest

Letter Raises Additional Questions About Whether President’s Business Entanglements Are Influencing his Decisions

Apr 11, 2017
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn reiterating his concerns that President Trump's potential conflicts of interest may have serious foreign policy and national security implications.
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