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Bennet, Udall Negotiations Ensure Emergency Transportation Funding Included in Bipartisan Senate Deal to Avert Default

Provisions Will Help Colorado Rebuild Roads, Bridges, Highways Damaged by Recent Flood

Oct 16, 2013
Following days of negotiations with U.S. Senate leaders, Michael Bennet and Mark Udall announced today that a proposal to raise a cap on the amount of emergency transportation funds Colorado can access to repair the state's flood-damaged roads, bridges and highways will be included in the Senate's bipartisan bill to avert a default...
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Bennet Statement on Senate Vote to Reopen Government, Avoid Default

Bill Includes Senate Measure to Allow Colorado Access to Additional Emergency Transportation Funding, Above Current $100 Million Cap

Oct 16, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement today on the Senate’s agreement to reopen the federal government and raise the debt-ceiling in order to avoid default. The measure includes a bill to raise a cap on the amount of emergency transportation funds Colorado can access to repair the state's flood-...
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Bennet Statement on Farm Bill Conference

Oct 15, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate’s Agriculture Committee and a member of the Farm Bill Conference Committee, issued the following statement now that the House of Representatives has appointed members to the Farm Bill Conference Committee: “Our state’s producers and rural communities a...
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Bennet, Udall Urge EDA to Release Disaster Relief Funds to Support Businesses Recovering from Floods

EDA Can Spur Economic Development with Low-Interest Loans in Hard-Hit Communities

Oct 15, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall are urging the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to prioritize Colorado flood recovery efforts as it awards grants in the coming months. EDA disaster relief grants help local governments with long-term community economic recovery planning, reconstruction, and redevelopmen...
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Bennet Welcomes Reopening of Rocky Mountain National Park

Opens Critical Access Route for Estes Park

Oct 11, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed Governor John Hickenlooper’s decision to use state funds to reopen Rocky Mountain National Park. The Park provides a critical access route to Estes Park, but it has been closed since October 1 due to the federal government shutdown. “When floods destroyed miles of ro...
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Bennet Urges Swift Action to Reopen Rocky Mountain National Park

Oct 10, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the Administration’s announcement that selected National Parks could reopen where the state is willing to cover personnel and maintenance costs. This announcement paves the way for Colorado to reopen Rocky Mountain National Park, which has suffered from the recent floods. B...
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Bennet Urges DOD to Cover Costs of National Guard Performing Disaster Relief

Oct 04, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged the Department of Defense (DOD) to cover the costs of National Guard Units performing disaster relief and recovery operations in Colorado during the government shutdown. Bennet and a group of Republican and Democratic Senators urged the Secretary of Defense to pick up the cost for the Nat...
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Bennet, Udall Welcome Passage of Deficit-Neutral Bill to Eliminate Cap on Emergency Road Funding for Colorado in Wake of Devastating Flooding

Legislation Will Allow Colorado Department of Transportation to Repair Roads, Highways, Bridges Damaged by Recent Flood

Sep 30, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall welcomed the U.S. Senate passage today of their legislation to remove a cap on the amount of emergency transportation funds Colorado can access to repair the state's battered roads, bridges and highways in the wake of the recent flooding. The bill, the Deficit Neutral Infrastructure Disas...
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IRS to Waive Low-Income Housing Limits for Colorado Flood Victims

Sep 30, 2013
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) announcement that it is waiving certain low-income housing limitations for victims of Colorado’s recent floods. The decision will allow owners and operators of low-income housing facilities to provide temporary emergency housing to ...
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Bennet, Udall Request USDA Expedite Flood Assistance

Emphasizes Resources Must Be Deployed, Even if the Government Shuts Down

Sep 30, 2013
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture expedite emergency resources to help Colorado communities recover from the recent floods. Federal resources through the USDA’s Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and the Environmen...
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