Washington, D.C. — Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 35 Senate colleagues to release the following statement urging access to humanitarian aid in Gaza:
“We urge the swift implementation of sustained access for humanitarian aid, including water and medical supplies, to save civilian lives in Gaza.”
Following Hamas’ October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel, Bennet has worked with colleagues to support Israel and protect civilian lives in Gaza. In the days following the attack, Bennet wrote to President Biden to continue working to free American hostages taken by Hamas.
In addition to Bennet, U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Angus King (D-Maine), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) also joined this statement.