After Calls from Senator Bennet, USDA Raises Standards for High-Speed Broadband

Senator Bennet Has Urged the Biden Administration to Increase Federal Broadband Speeds for Grant Programs to Reflect Modern Uses

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement welcoming an announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that its ReConnect Broadband program will now require all participants to provide high-speed connections with at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for both download and upload.
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed new data from the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey (HPS) that found 3 in 10 families with at least one child in school used their first three Child Tax Credit (CTC) monthly payments to cover school expenses.

Colorado Water, Forestry, Recreation, and Conservation Leaders Call for Bennet-Backed Forestry Investments in the Build Back Better Budget

Since Introducing His Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act, Bennet Has Led Efforts in the Senate Agriculture Committee to Invest Tens of Billions in Our Forests and Watersheds

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, has led the effort to secure several broadly supported and comprehensive investments in our nation’s forests in the Build Back Better Budget.

Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Prevent the Biggest, Most Profitable Corporations from Paying Nothing in Federal Taxes

The Corporate Profits Minimum Tax Would Raise Hundreds of Billions in Revenue While Creating a Fairer Tax System, Will be Included as a Pay-for in the Build Back Better Plan

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, and a group of his colleagues, including U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Angus King (I-Maine), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), introduced legislation to prevent America’s largest corporations from paying nothing in federal taxes.

ICYMI: Bennet Delivers Remarks on America’s Technology Leadership

In Speech, Bennet Argues for a National Technology Strategy to Win Tech Race with China and Secure Democratic Values

In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet delivered keynote remarks at the Center for New American Security about the urgency of creating a National Technology Strategy to secure America’s technology leadership and democratic values in our strategic competition with China.

Bennet Testifies in Support of SHRED Act at Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Will Allow National Forests to Retain Fees Generated by Ski Areas to Support Local Recreation

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in support of the Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act.