Michael Bennet

The Federal Government ought to help us maintain this program, that we ought to be able to cover the increasing cost

We can sustain this commitment that's been made.

Since its founding in 1960, as you noted earlier, Senator Bennet, Morris has waived more than $20 million in tuition for American Indian students.

I rise to talk briefly about the estate tax and Colorado's agricultural community and small businesses. While I voted in favor of the Middle Class Tax Cut Act, I do not believe that this legislation represents an end to the tax reform…

I think--and, Mr. Chairman, I apologize, because I know that my light is red, but I have been here for the whole hearing, so I will just ask one follow-up question.

At least in Colorado they really are sick of the partisanship in this place on this topic.

I think we would like to hear about that.

We are driving the American people over the cliff if we do not do something.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:50 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.

The first vote tomorrow will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Middle Class Tax Act at 2:15 p.m. ____________________

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mr. Bennet pertaining to the introduction of S. 3400 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

A clear challenge is a Federal budget that, year after year, reflects a crisis in Federal support for agricultural research.

I'm especially proud of Colorado's land grant school--Colorado State University.

Thanks to the partnership between government and the land-grant system, the United States has the premier research enterprise in food and agricultural sciences.

I thank the Ranking Member for your leadership, and for you and the Chairman for holding this hearing.

In the end, we've got some hard decisions to make here, but I think if we approach this in the spirit of goodwill...

There are things that we can do in our Tax Code and our regulatory code and our statutes that actually would provide an ecosystem that would deliver on that promise again for the American people.

We need to. That is the fundamental work, in my view, why we were sent here.

It is about job growth and wage growth in the United States and whether we can recouple those things together.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:03 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 9:30 a.m…

This evening the majority leader filed cloture on the Landrieu substitute and the underlying Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act. As a result, the filing deadline for amendments to the Landrieu substitute amendment and to S. 2237 is 1…

Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) is developing a bill that will take a market-driven, non-regulatory approach.

Sound energy policy must take a holistic approach by considering the consumption and behaviors of office tenants and other building occupants.

Senator Bennet is working on important legislation to encourage non-regulatory standards.

The synergy of 'Tenant Star' spaces within 'ENERGY STAR' buildings could transform--in a non-regulatory way--how commercial real estate owners and their tenants think about energy efficiency.