Bennet, Gardner Receive Update on Polio-Like Disease at Children’s Hospital Colorado

15 of the 80 confirmed cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis occurred in Colorado this year

Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today met with Children’s Hospital Colorado researchers to receive an update on the recent outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)—a rare polio-like condition that has affected approximately 400 children across the country.

Bennet to Trump Administration: Don’t Weaken Clean Car Standards

Administration’s proposed changes would affect Colorado’s authority to adopt low fuel economy emission standards

Today, as the comment period closes on a proposed rule to roll back fuel economy emission standards, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet opposed the Trump administration’s proposal and called for an end to its challenge of states’ authority to set their own standards.