Press Releases

Bennet, Entire Democratic Caucus Urge Interior Secretary Bernhardt to Remove Pendley as Leader of Bureau of Land Management

Senators: "Mr. Pendley is unfit to be confirmed as director, he is unfit to exercise the authority of the director without being confirmed, and we ask that you remove Mr. Pendley from this position"

Aug 25, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary David Bernhardt urging him to remove William Perry Pendley from his position leading the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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Bennet, Senate Democrats’ Climate Committee Release New Report on Climate Action, Plan to Build Clean Economy for American People

Report Outlines How Climate Action Will Grow the Economy, Improve Lives for Americans Across the Country

Aug 25, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and members of the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis released a comprehensive report titled, “The Case for Climate Action: Building a Clean Economy for the American People.”
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Bennet Tours State-of-the-Art Electric Vehicle Battery Research Facility and Manufacturing Line at Solid Power in Louisville

Senator stresses that Colorado cleantech companies like Solid Power are critical to solving our climate crisis and to our economic recovery

Aug 21, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet toured the research facility and manufacturing line at Solid Power in Louisville with Solid Power executives, scientists, and engineers to learn more about the startup’s innovative technology that will help power electric vehicles–a key climate and clean air solution.
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Bennet Visits Loveland Studio of Jane DeDecker to See Progress Being Made on Sculpture Celebrating the Pioneers of Women’s Suffrage

Bennet’s Legislation Would Make Every Word We Utter Sculpture the First Outdoor Monument Commemorating Women’s Suffrage in Nation’s Capital

Aug 21, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet visited the Loveland sculpting studio of Colorado artist Jane DeDecker to see the progress being made on her Every Word We Utter sculpture celebrating the pioneers of the women’s suffrage movement – Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells.
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Colorado Sporting Conservation Groups Join Bennet in Gunnison County to Highlight CORE Act Provisions for Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoor Enthusiasts

Groups Also Release Analysis of Colorado Public Lands Bill’s Protections for Cold-Water Fisheries and Precious Wildlife Habitat

Aug 20, 2020
Yesterday, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and sporting conservation groups from across the state highlighted victories in the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act for hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts in the Gunnison River Basin.
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Support Grows for Bennet’s National Emergency Student Vote Act

As Pandemic Pushes More Colleges to Remote Learning, Bennet Proposal to Help Students Vote During Pandemic Reaches 18 Senate Cosponsors

Aug 19, 2020
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) along with U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) continue to build support for their National Emergency Student Vote Act, legislation to help college students exercise their right to vote in the 2020 elections even as millions are displaced from campus due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Bennet, Polis, Griswold, Weiser, López Blast Trump’s Sabotage of Vote-By-Mail and USPS, Point to Colorado as a National Model for Universal Vote-By-Mail

Aug 17, 2020
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Governor Jared Polis, Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Attorney General Phil Weiser, and Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul D. López confronted President Donald Trump’s baseless attacks on vote-by-mail and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and pointed to Colorado’s success as a national model.
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Bennet Demands Postmaster General Take Immediate Action to Address Delivery Delays of Veterans’ Prescription Drugs

Senators: “USPS needs to immediately cease operational changes that are causing mail delays so that veterans do not needlessly suffer from illnesses exacerbated by delayed medication deliveries”

Aug 17, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and 28 Senate colleagues in demanding immediate action following reports of significant delays in veterans’ prescription medications through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
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