Press Releases

Bennet, Khanna Unveil Legislation to Expand Student Apprenticeship Programs

The Student Apprenticeship Act Would Grow America’s Skilled Workforce and Help More Coloradans Build Career Pathways to Financial Stability

Jul 28, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D) and California U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D) unveiled the Student Apprenticeship Act, legislation to expand apprenticeship programs in Colorado and across the country to grow the nation’s skilled workforce and prepare more Americans for a successful career.
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Bennet Applauds Passage of the Bipartisan Competition Bill

Bill Supports Critical Investments in Semiconductors, 5G, and Next Generation Technologies

Jul 27, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, hailed the bipartisan passage of the CHIPS & Science Act of 2022, which will boost the domestic semiconductor industry, fund the largest five-year investment in public research and development (R&D) in the nation’s history, and create regional technology hubs nationwide to spur broad-based job creation and innovation.
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Bennet, Wyden, Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Restore America's Grasslands

The North American Grasslands Conservation Act Empowers Colorado’s Ranchers, Farmers, and Tribes to Restore and Conserve Grasslands, Supports Colorado’s Rural Economies and Wildlife Species That Depend on Grassland Ecosystems

Jul 27, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to introduce the North American Grasslands Conservation Act.
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Bennet, Hickenlooper Sound Alarm on Monkeypox, Vaccine Inequities

Demand for Vaccine in Colorado Currently Outpaces Supply

Jul 22, 2022
Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging the agencies to acknowledge inequities of vaccine access and immediately increase access to the JYNNEOS monkeypox and smallpox vaccine to all communities in the United States.
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Bennet Remembers 10th Anniversary of Aurora Movie Theater Shooting

Bennet Honored the Victims of the Attack in a Statement for the Congressional Record

Jul 20, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet entered the following statement in to the Congressional record remembering the 10th anniversary of the Aurora movie theater shooting and honoring the victims of the attack, including the 12 Coloradans left dead.
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