ICYMI: Bennet Pens Op-Ed on Improved Child Tax Credit Ahead of Payments Reaching Colorado Families on July 15

Bennet: “...I’ve spent years fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit, which boosts incomes of 96% of Colorado families to help cover the growing cost of raising kids.”

Jun 28, 2021

In case you missed it, over the weekend Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet penned an op-ed on the improved Child Tax Credit, highlighting how it will benefit families and how Coloradans can make sure they will receive the benefits they deserve.

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Ensure Diagnostic Testing Keeps Pace with Medical Innovations

Bicameral VALID Act Takes Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic, Creates Unified Framework to Reflect Availability Of 21st Century Tests

Jun 24, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and U.S. Representatives Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind.) introduced the Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act.

Bennet, Collins Introduce Legislation to Significantly Expand Opioid, Substance Use Training for Providers Nationwide

Bipartisan Bill Would Standardize Opioid Addiction Treatment and Training for Health Care

Jun 24, 2021

Today, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, legislation to require prescribers of highly addictive medication, like opioids, to complete a substance use training to ensure they have foundational knowledge of addiction prevention, treatment, and medication management.

Bennet Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act

Legislation Now Heads to the House of Representatives for Consideration

Jun 24, 2021

Today, 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, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act with bipartisan support.

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Expand Relief Funding Uses to Include Local Funding Matches for Federal Grants

Jun 24, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a bipartisan group of colleagues called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to allow local governments to use funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to satisfy the local match requirement for federal discretionary grant programs.

Bennet, Portman, Brown, and Young Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle the Eviction Crisis

Jun 23, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced the Eviction Crisis Act of 2021 to address the national housing crisis holding back millions of American families who are struggling to ascend into the middle class

Bennet Reintroduces Legislation to Clean Up Orphaned Wells, Improve Lease Sales, and Strengthen Standards on Public Lands

Two Bills Would Expand Opportunities for Public Input, Modernize Bonding Standards, Cut Powerful Methane Pollution, and Create Jobs

Jun 22, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced legislation to clean up abandoned, or orphaned, oil and gas wells while strengthening bonding requirements and expanding opportunities for local input in lease sales on public lands.

Ahead of Senate Vote, Bennet Urges Colleagues to Support For the People Act in Floor Speech

Bennet: “Anti-democratic forces are stronger than any time since Jim Crow”

Jun 22, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet urged his colleagues to support the For the People Act – a comprehensive reform package to protect our democracy, tackle special interest corruption, and make government work for the American people.

Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Rapidly Boost American Solar Manufacturing

Legislation Will Create New Tax Credits to Rapidly Boost American Solar Manufacturing, Accelerate the Transition to Clean Energy, & Support American Energy Independence

Jun 22, 2021

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) introduced the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act to rapidly boost American solar manufacturing, accelerate the transition to clean energy, and support American energy independence.

Bennet Statement on the For the People Act

Bennet Spoke on the Senate Floor Earlier Today in Support of this Legislation to Expand Access to the Ballot

Jun 22, 2021

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the For the People Act — a comprehensive reform package to protect our democracy, tackle special interest corruption, and make government work for the American people — from moving forward.

Michael Bennet U.S. Senator for Colorado

Press Releases

ICYMI: Bennet Pens Op-Ed on Improved Child Tax Credit Ahead of Payments Reaching Colorado Families on July 15

Bennet: “...I’ve spent years fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit, which boosts incomes of 96% of Colorado families to help cover the growing cost of raising kids.”

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Ensure Diagnostic Testing Keeps Pace with Medical Innovations

Bicameral VALID Act Takes Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic, Creates Unified Framework to Reflect Availability Of 21st Century Tests

Bennet, Collins Introduce Legislation to Significantly Expand Opioid, Substance Use Training for Providers Nationwide

Bipartisan Bill Would Standardize Opioid Addiction Treatment and Training for Health Care

Bennet Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act

Legislation Now Heads to the House of Representatives for Consideration

Bennet, Bipartisan Colleagues Push to Expand Relief Funding Uses to Include Local Funding Matches for Federal Grants

Bennet, Portman, Brown, and Young Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle the Eviction Crisis

Bennet Reintroduces Legislation to Clean Up Orphaned Wells, Improve Lease Sales, and Strengthen Standards on Public Lands

Two Bills Would Expand Opportunities for Public Input, Modernize Bonding Standards, Cut Powerful Methane Pollution, and Create Jobs

Ahead of Senate Vote, Bennet Urges Colleagues to Support For the People Act in Floor Speech

Bennet: “Anti-democratic forces are stronger than any time since Jim Crow”

Bennet, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Rapidly Boost American Solar Manufacturing

Legislation Will Create New Tax Credits to Rapidly Boost American Solar Manufacturing, Accelerate the Transition to Clean Energy, & Support American Energy Independence

Bennet Statement on the For the People Act

Bennet Spoke on the Senate Floor Earlier Today in Support of this Legislation to Expand Access to the Ballot

Bennet: “...I’ve spent years fighting to expand the Child Tax Credit, which boosts incomes of 96% of Colorado families to help cover the growing cost of raising kids.”

Bicameral VALID Act Takes Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic, Creates Unified Framework to Reflect Availability Of 21st Century Tests

Bipartisan Bill Would Standardize Opioid Addiction Treatment and Training for Health Care

Legislation Now Heads to the House of Representatives for Consideration

Two Bills Would Expand Opportunities for Public Input, Modernize Bonding Standards, Cut Powerful Methane Pollution, and Create Jobs

Bennet: “Anti-democratic forces are stronger than any time since Jim Crow”

Legislation Will Create New Tax Credits to Rapidly Boost American Solar Manufacturing, Accelerate the Transition to Clean Energy, & Support American Energy Independence

Bennet Spoke on the Senate Floor Earlier Today in Support of this Legislation to Expand Access to the Ballot

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