WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to celebrate unanimous committee passage of the Molly R. Loomis Research for Descendants of Toxic Exposed Veterans Act - legislation to expand research on birth defects among descendants of toxic-exposed veterans.

"After years of service and sacrifice, veterans and their families continue to suffer from the consequences of toxic exposures every day," said Bennet. "We must live up to the promises we made to the men and women who have sacrificed by serving in uniform and further unders...