WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, joined the Countering Russia's War on Faith Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expose and punish Russia's systematic persecution of religious communities in Ukraine, including territory Russia illegally occupies. Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) lead the Senate bill, while Congressmen Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) lead the House counterpart.
The legislation requires the Secretaries of State and Defense to jointly report to Congress on Russia's efforts to persecute, suppress, and violate the religious freedoms of fait...