This new facility will not only nearly double the number of detention beds, but is in a rural location, far from the organizations that offer resources and oversight.
Michael Bennet
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Michael Farrand Bennet is a United States Senator from Colorado, serving since January 21, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Bennet has focused on a range of issues including education, healthcare, and economic policy throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for improving access to quality education and has worked on initiatives to reform the healthcare system to make it more affordable for Americans.
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July 14, 2026
I will continue to push for necessary guardrails, critical reforms, and work towards preventing the opening of this facility.
— Michael Bennet
After hearing from farmers and ranchers across Colorado, especially those who are just getting started or facing barriers to accessing federal resources, it is clear our conservation programs are falling short of their promise. By making…
By making these programs more accessible to smaller operations, we can help producers adopt soil health practices, strengthen local food systems, and protect our environment.
We agree on what our goals must be, and we all know that the future of Colorado depends on what we build from this time forward.
We have had our disagreements. That's obvious to anybody who's been watching this race, and ... and no doubt we will have healthy disagreements in the future — but we agree on what the problems are.
I, as a former school superintendent, when I went to D.C., led the fight for the Enhanced Child Tax Credit, which cut childhood poverty in America in half.
The Olmstead decision affirmed that Americans with disabilities could live independent, full lives.
Right now, we don’t have the tools to address the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and infectious disease experts are warning us that it will only get worse.
Colorado specialty crop farmers deserve a reliable and predictable disaster assistance framework, just like other agricultural producers," said Senator Bennet.
I think it’s a tragedy that companies are leaving Colorado, and it’s one of the reasons why I’m running for governor.
These are, in my view, the fundamental issues that we face: Can Colorado be a place where middle-class families can live, where working people can live, where teachers and others can find a home?





