Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse celebrated the announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) that over $9.3 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has gone to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuel management projects in Colorado throughout Fiscal Year 2023.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet alongside U.S. Representatives Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.), and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) led nearly 100 members of Congress in a letter calling on U.S. House and Senate Agriculture committee leaders to include the lawmakers’ bipartisan, bicameral Hot Foods Act in the upcoming Farm Bill.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s final rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of methane.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper and a group of 49 bipartisan, bicameral colleagues to urge Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to use “fleet leveling” – balancing fighters across active duty, Air National Guard (ANG), and Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) squadrons to allow time for industry production capacity to catch up with demand.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined bipartisan, bicameral colleagues to introduce two pieces of legislation to seize Russian assets to provide additional assistance to Ukraine.

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado Governor Jared Polis welcomed $22 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to build a dedicated wildlife overpass on Interstate 25 between Denver and Colorado Springs.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the incorporation of methane emissions data from advanced measurement technologies and “top-down” data, helping provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture as the agency works to modernize methane reporting under its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) to help combat climate change.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) alongside U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to introduce the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act, legislation to support responsible gun ownership and protect communities from gun violence.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet wrote to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning to support the BLM’s proposed Public Lands Rule and urge the BLM to improve the rule to provide additional clarity and certainty to all public lands users, including livestock grazers.

In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined CBS Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan yesterday to urge Congress to come together to pass funding for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Southeast Asia, as well as to discuss the ongoing bipartisan negotiations on the southern border.