The Senate this week passed a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) and fellow senators to extend a Medicare demonstration program that helps rural hospitals in sparsely populated states keep their doors open.

On the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet is calling on Congress to make commonsense changes to the campaign finance system to ensure more transparency in our elections.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement following the Senate's vote to block a bill that would prohibit Iraqi and Syrian refugees from entering the United States:

The Senate Agriculture Committee today passed a bipartisan bill to reauthorize child nutrition programs through 2020.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today released the following statement regarding the Administration's announcement that it will include a proposal to allow students to use Pell Grants year-round in its Fiscal Year 2017 budget request to Congress.

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's announcement that they will review the DAPA and expanded DACA programs:

Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Representative Scott Tipton (CO-03) today released a draft of the Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act, legislation designed to allow Good Samaritans, such as the mining industry, state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and other groups, the opportunity to clean up the environment and improve water quality in and around orphan mines.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement today in honor of Martin Luther King Day:

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today congratulated Molly Kocialski on her swearing in as the Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office in Denver. Kocialski will lead the office with a focus on engaging the intellectual property communities in Colorado and eight other states.

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement in reaction to the President's 2016 State of the Union Address: