Press Releases

Bennet, Crapo Lead 34 Colleagues in Requesting Full Funding for the PILT Program

PILT Provides Counties and Local Governments with Critical Funding for Essential Services

Jun 02, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to fully fund the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for fiscal year (FY) 2022.
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Bennet, Crapo Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Ensure Medicare Beneficiaries Receive Coverage for Cancer Detection Technologies

Supports Innovation in Cancer Diagnostic Development and Medicare Coverage for Access to Multi-cancer Diagnostics

Jun 01, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act, which would provide Medicare coverage for cancer screening tests to save lives and costs to the health care system.
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Bennet, Brown, Booker, DeLauro, DelBene, Torres Statement on Republican Proposal To Reverse Child Tax Credit Expansion To Pay For Infrastructure

May 27, 2021
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), alongside U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), released the following statement after reports that Republicans proposed reversing the Child Tax Credit expansion to pay for their infrastructure proposal.
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Bennet Introduces Amendments to Strengthen America’s Technology Competitiveness and the Government’s Digital Workforce

Bennet and Sasse Amendment Would Create a White House Technology Competitiveness Council

May 26, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, introduced three amendments to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), the legislation now advancing in the Senate to invest in emerging technologies, shore up critical supply chains, and bolster America’s economic competitiveness and national security.
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Bennet, Portman Introduce Bill to Help Finance Carbon Capture Projects, Reduce Emissions, and Boost Innovation

Bipartisan Legislation Would Support Domestic Energy Production, Create New Economic Opportunities, and Reduce Carbon Pollution

May 26, 2021
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) today introduced the Carbon Capture Improvement Act to make it easier for power plants and industrial facilities to finance the purchase and installation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipment as well as direct air capture (DAC) projects.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper, Perlmutter Introduce Bill to Return RTD’s Down Payment for Union Station Restoration

Bureaucratic red tape has prevented RTD from receiving its $28.9 million down payment on a fully repaid federal loan

May 25, 2021
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and John Hickenlooper (D) and Colorado U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D) introduced legislation requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to quickly return $28.9 million, plus interest, for a deposit that RTD made to secure a federal loan to redevelop Denver’s Union Station.
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