Michael Bennet: “a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado”

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.

While a two-year operating plan is the bare minimum needed to operate the river, a long-term, consensus agreement that recognizes real hydrologic conditions is the only durable solution to bring certainty to the Colorado River,

During the course of this shutdown--what has now become the longest shutdown in American history--there are a lot of people around the country wondering about what has been at stake in this debate and in this argument. And I think, with…

I think, this evening, as we are standing here, this will mark the longest shutdown in American history, and that is not something that anybody in this Chamber should be proud about. I have had the opportunity, since I have been here, to…