Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to reconsider his reported proposal to cap spending for the Universal Service Fund (USF), the program responsible for increasing access to essential communications services, including broadband, for all Americans.
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Tom Carper (D-DE), members of the bipartisan Senate health care price transparency group, introduced the bipartisan STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act, legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet recently led a group of bipartisan senators in sending a letter to President Trump urging him to reverse his budget proposal to eliminate funding for the Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS), our country’s leading provider of grants that support national service and volunteerism through programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps.
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado will receive $3.9 million in research grants to improve the understanding of human and ecological exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals that have contaminated drinking water sources in Colorado and across the country.