Continuing their fight for Colorado communities impacted by last year’s wildfires, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today introduced a bill that would restore resources that were stripped from the Hurricane Sandy aid package by the House of Representatives. The bill would cover the backlog of Emergency W...

Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Cali.) and Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), today introduced legislation to reduce infant deaths and disabilities by expanding research, education, and intervention activities related to preterm birth. Sen. Bennet said: “The United States can ...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement on the twentieth anniversary of the Family Medical Leave Act: “For twenty years, this historic law has helped individuals balance their family and work obligations. As a husband and a father, I believe that Coloradans and all Americans shouldn’t...

The Colorado congressional delegation welcomed a Brookings Institute report out today, "Launch!: Taking Colorado's Space Economy to the Next Level," and pledged to work in Washington to ensure the state’s aerospace industry remains strong and growing. The delegation also announced today that it will host regular conferences...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his colleagues in the Senate to move quickly to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Included in the bill are two provisions that Bennet cosponsored – the Campus SaVE Act, which aims to increase safety on college campuses, and the SAFER Act, which would help reduc...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his colleagues in the Senate to move quickly to pass the bipartisan Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, which is included in the larger Violence Against Women Act that the Senate is considering this week. “Victims of sexual assault and sexual violence have...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote today to suspend the debt ceiling through May. “Today’s vote is more evidence that Washington is the ‘Land of Flickering Lights’ and failing to meet its basic obligations to the American people. Whether it is a s...

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to allocate resources for Colorado’s wildfire recovery efforts in a forthcoming appropriations bill to fund the government after March. Bennet and Udall worked with the Appropriations Committee late last year to include fund...

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after meeting with President Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew. “Our country continues to face a serious fiscal crisis that requires cooperation and leadership from Congress and the Adminis...

Following delays and missed deadlines in the House of Representatives, the U.S Senate today moved quickly to approve the House’s version of the Sandy disaster relief bill without amendments. Unfortunately for Colorado, the House removed wildfire recovery funding for the state and others hit by disasters that the Senate had o...