Bennet Announces Push for Bill to Update Nation's Hard Rock Mining Laws, Which Have Not Been Updated Since 1872 Would Bring Balance to Hardrock Development on Public Lands, Provide Support to Clean up Abandoned Mines and Ensure Fair Return to Taxpayers Citing the need to bring the nation's mining law into the 21st century, Mich...

Udall, Bennet, Salazar & Markey Secure Extension of Moratorium on Pinon Canyon Expansion

At Lawmakers' Urging, Senate & House Appropriators Include Extension of Moratorium for An Additional Year

Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, U.S. Senators for Colorado, and Representatives John Salazar and Betsy Markey today announced that they have secured an extension of the moratorium on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) expansion for an additional year. The moratorium on expansion will be included in the Omnibus Appropriations Act for...
Amendment Makes Clear: Nothing In The Senate Health Care Reform Bill Will Cut Guaranteed Medicare Benefits Bennet: The Opponents Of Health Reform Do Not Have A Plan To Protect Seniors And Strengthen The Medicare Program Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator for Colorado, today announced Senate passage of his amendment to the Senate heal...