Senator Bennet hosts town hall in Colorado Springs
Mar 20, 2025
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Senator Michael Bennet hosted a town hall on Thursday, March 20 in Colorado Springs, taking questions from community members from the Pikes Peak Region.
Bennet spoke about a range of topics including Ukraine, the Department of Education, and President Donald Trump's joint a
ddress. He also said he wants to overturn the 2010 Citizens United supreme court decision.
The ruling banned the government from limiting spending by companies, nonprofit organizations, and unions on political campaign advertisements. The court's majority wrote that such provisions would inhibit freedom of speech.
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"I think, at a minimum--and we don't need to change the Constitution to do this--we should pass laws at every level of government to require disclosure of all this money so we know who's actually spending it," Bennet said.
Senate democrats introduced a constitutional amendment to undo the decision back in 2019, but it stalled in congress. ...read more read less