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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.

Quotes by year · 2009–20262,017 total · peak 2023 (289)
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May 28, 2026

I want us to be something different, but we can’t do any of it if we don’t have a growing economy.

coloradonewsline.com
May 27, 2026

A free and independent press is the bedrock of our democracy, and an essential feature of democracies around the world.

schatz.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

This April, I’m celebrating one of Colorado’s most remarkable natural flexes: its 3,000 native plant species.

hirono.senate.gov
Nov 24, 2025

Not only does withholding pay irreparably harm some of the N.P.S.’s most vulnerable staff at a time of immense difficulty and uncertainty, it discourages future applicants and further strains the N.P.S.’s ability to recruit the skilled…

nytimes.com
Oct 30, 2025

The open-enrollment period is beginning on Saturday and tragically the Republicans have won their battle to increase health care costs on the American people.

thehill.com
Sep 7, 2025

This is not a podcast. It is the American people's health that is on the line here.

cbsnews.com
Jun 30, 2025

We should refuse to pass a bill that adds millions to our debt in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest while doing nothing for our kids. I urge my colleagues to support this motion.

govinfo.gov
Jun 30, 2025

Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance of the Senate with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that-- (1) are…

govinfo.gov
Jun 24, 2025

Selling public lands is unpopular among both Republicans and Democrats, and we will continue to fight this every step of the way.

newsweek.com
Jun 2, 2025

I just want to thank the leader on behalf of the people of Colorado and the people of Boulder for his remarks of concern. I share his commitment to making sure these sorts of terrorist attacks don't happen in our country when people are…

govinfo.gov
Apr 3, 2025

With that--if I can find my glasses--I ask unanimous consent to amend the previous order and that the Senate stand adjourned until 8:30 a.m., with all other provisions of the order remaining in effect. There being no objection, the Senate…

govinfo.gov
Mar 31, 2025

Let me ask you, Senator Booker--can I ask you directly how long a question you would like? I am happy to provide you with a 5- minute question or a 5-hour question. It depends entirely on you.

govinfo.gov
Mar 30, 2025

My party’s brand is problematic.

nbcnews.com
Mar 29, 2025

I think the Democratic Party needs to use this moment of having been repudiated at the national level to figure out a creative and imaginative agenda for the 21st century

nbcnews.com
Mar 29, 2025

The Democratic Party’s brand is problematic

nbcnews.com
Mar 27, 2025

Dave Portnoy knows you can’t share classified war plans in a Signal chat — yet somehow, the Trump administration’s top national security leaders don’t.

nbcnews.com
Mar 27, 2025

Yeah, mistakes happen; this one can’t.

nbcnews.com
Mar 24, 2025

It's an embarrassment. You need to do better.

cbsnews.com
Mar 24, 2025

This sloppiness, this incompetence, this disrespect for our intelligence agencies and the personnel who work for him is entirely unacceptable. It’s an embarrassment.

nbcnews.com
Mar 23, 2025

It's important for people to know, you know, when it's time to go.

cbsnews.com
Mar 19, 2025

In dodging your question, let me just say it’s important for people to know, you know, when it’s time to go.

nbcnews.com
Jan 29, 2025

Is Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States of America?

nytimes.com
Jan 28, 2025

Did you say that COVID 19 was a genetically engineered bioweapon that targets black and white people, but spared Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people?

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