Press Releases

ICYMI: What They’re Saying About The Child Tax Credit Expansion as Payments Begin to Reach Families

“Milestone in Social Public Policy” “The Most Significant Investment in Children in Decades”

Jul 16, 2021
Yesterday, millions of eligible families began to receive the first monthly payment of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), which is based on U.S Colorado Senator Michael Bennet’s American Family Act and was signed into law in the American Rescue Plan Act earlier this year.
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Bennet Joins Bipartisan Bill to Help Gyms, Fitness Centers Struggling Due to COVID-19

Jul 15, 2021
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet has co-sponsored U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s (D-Ill.) bipartisan Gym Mitigation and Survival (GYMs) Act to provide much-needed assistance for gyms, fitness facilities, and studios that shuttered operations to protect public health during the deadly Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but as a consequence, have struggled to stay in business.
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Bennet Announces $2.9 Million FEMA Grant to Fund Roadway Repairs in Larimer County

Bennet Pushed to Change Regulatory Interpretations that Initially Prevented Larimer County from Receiving Reimbursements from FEMA to Repair Damage from the 2013 Floods

Jul 13, 2021
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that Larimer County will receive a $2.9 million reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair County Road 47 in Southern Larimer County, which was damaged by the 2013 floods.
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Bennet Joins Colleagues in Calling for Investments in Natural Infrastructure Restoration, Resilience in American Jobs Plan

Jun 30, 2021
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 a group of Democratic senators in calling on Senate Leadership to prioritize the historic investments proposed in President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan for natural infrastructure restoration, resilience, and reclamation.
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Bennet, Baldwin Request Review of Issues Facing Older LGBTQ Adults to Ensure High-Quality Care

Senators Urge HHS, CMS to Issue Guidance to Help Hospice and Palliative Care Agencies, Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities Provide Care to LGBTQ Seniors

Jun 30, 2021
Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) urged Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to review a number of issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) seniors to improve high-quality, culturally competent care to this growing aging population.
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