WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Finance Committee, released the below statement after voting to pass the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. Bennet was an original co-sponsor of the legislation, a version of which he supported for over a year (https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2025/04/02/bennet-blumenthal-graham-47-bipartisan-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-impose-hard-hitting-russia-sanctions/), to impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and his enablers across Russian industry and financial institutions, the Russian shadow fleet, and firms su...