Press Releases

Bennet-Portman Pay-for-Success Measure Signed into Law

Bipartisan Bill Supports High-Performing Providers of Job-Training Services, Ensures Workers Equipped with 21?st Century Skills

Jul 23, 2014
A proposal from U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to support high-performing job-training services was signed into law yesterday. The Bennet-Portman provision in the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act will help improve federal job training programs by allowing state and local governments to di...
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Bennet, Udall Urge House to Seize Opportunity, Connect Four Corners Residents with Colorado TV

House Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Include Bennet's, Udall's Colorado NEWS Act in Bipartisan Telecommunications Bill

Jul 22, 2014
With the U.S. House of Representatives voting this week on the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 — a five-year renewal of various telecommunication and copyright laws — U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall urged the House to act on behalf of the people of Durango, Cortez and the Four Corners region to ensure resi...
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Bennet, Udall Press for Additional Firefighting Resources

Urge Senate to Supply Emergency Funds and Revamp Broken Fire Prevention, Management System

Jul 22, 2014
Amidst a record-setting wildfire season in the West, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall today called for swift passage of the president’s emergency supplemental funding request, which would allocate $615 million – accessible immediately – to fight wildfires. The Senators also called for a vote on...
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Bennet: Executive Order is Step in Right Direction for Workplace Equality

Jul 21, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today welcomed the president’s signing of an executive order to prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workers. “When Americans go to work, they should be able to do so without the fear that they can be fired because ...
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Bennet Remembers the Victims of the Aurora Theater Tragedy

Jul 20, 2014
On the second anniversary of the tragic shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today remembers the victims and pays tribute to the family and friends who continue to grieve. In the days following the shooting, Bennet spoke on the Senate floor to remember each of the victims. “Today, Col...
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Bennet, Senate Pass TRIA, Crucial to Economic Development, National Security

Enables Hotels, Stadiums, Malls to Obtain Insurance Coverage

Jul 17, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to pass the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), which helps commercial properties secure financing and terrorism risk insurance coverage from the private sector. The bill extends the TRIA program for seven years while taking steps to further protect taxp...
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Minority of Senators Block Bill to Protect Women's Health

Bill Restores Decision-Making to Women, Not Employers

Jul 16, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement after a minority of senators used a procedural vote to block consideration of a bill that returns the ability to make health decisions to women and their families, rather than allowing employers to impose their beliefs on employees by denying benefits. “The...
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Bennet: Legislative Solution Preferable to Amending the State Constitution

Jul 16, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet issued the following statement on the announcement that negotiators have failed to reach a compromise agreement in the state legislature to give local communities more control over oil and gas drilling. “Oil and gas support Colorado jobs, help drive our economy, and reduce our dependence...
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Bennet Urges Senate to Support Hobby Lobby Bill to Protect Women's Health

Restores Decision-Making to Women, Not Employers

Jul 15, 2014
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today urged his Senate colleagues to support a bill that returns the ability to make health decisions to women and their families, rather than allowing employers to impose their beliefs on employees by denying benefits. The Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act restores th...
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