Bennet, 36 Democratic Senators Urge Armed Services Committee Leaders to Retain Bipartisan, Bicameral Measure to Rename Military Bases Honoring the Confederacy
Annual Defense Budget Authorization, Which Includes the Base Renaming Measure, Is Under Final Deliberations
Nov 13, 2020
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 36 Senate colleagues to urge Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.), along with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), to retain the bicameral, bipartisan measure to require the renaming of military installations and assets that honor the Confederacy and Confederate officers within three years in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).