Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the statement below following Governor Jared Polis’ State of the State address, in which the governor called for greater transparency in the health care industry and a public option to better serve Coloradans.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered remarks during the committee markup on the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the statement below after President Trump directed the Pentagon to launch an airstrike that killed Iranian Quds Force commander General Qasem Soleimani.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement announcing his support for the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

One year after the president signed into law the bipartisan Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”), Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, today celebrated the progress made to implement key Colorado priorities in the Farm Bill, and highlighted work that still needs to be done.

As 2019 comes to a close, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that his team held listening sessions in all 64 Colorado counties this year.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), announced the reintroduction of the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HIGH) Act to develop voluntary guidelines that schools can use to ensure that educational technology is accessible to students with disabilities.

With funding for federal government operations set to expire at midnight on Friday, the U.S. Senate this afternoon approved two spending bills to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2020, which began on October 1, 2019.

Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill introduced by Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) to extend the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP) as part of the year-end spending package.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that Boulder-based Mad Agriculture will receive a $817,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support farmers who are transitioning to regenerative and organic farming.