Press Releases

Aurora, CO – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) issued the following statement on the passing of former President George H.W. Bush: “I am saddened by the passing of President George H.W. Bush who always conducted himself with both honor and integrity. As a Persian Gulf War veteran, I will always remember him as a member of the Greatest Generation who skillfully led a coalition of 34 countries to defeat the Iraqi army and liberate Kuwait.” ### Read more

Aurora, CO – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) lauded the President’s signing of H.R. 6, the ‘Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act.’ Congress passed this bill on October 3, 2018 and with the President’s signature it is now the law of the land. Significantly for Coffman, his bill, H.R. 4635, the “Peer-2-Peer Counseling Act”, was amended to it before the President signed it. The ‘Peer-2-Peer Counseling... Read more

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Aurora, CO — Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, to request that Getachew Assefa, former head of the Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) be sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act for having committed human rights violations against the Ethiopian people. “I have asked the Administration to apply the Global Magnitsky Act to Getachew Assefa. The U... Read more

Aurora, CO — Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) released this statement following the admission by Saudi Arabia that Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in inside their consulate in Istanbul, Turkey: “As a sitting Member of the House Armed Services Committee, and a Marine Corps Combat Veteran, our country must stand up for our values and demand our ‘allies’ respect human rights—I did not fight to have us look the other way. The United States and the rest of the international commun... Read more

Aurora, CO – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduced H.R. 7064, the “Fair Environmental Trade Agreements Act.” If enacted, the bill will require the U.S. Trade Representative to certify, to the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee and to the Senate Finance committee, that any trade agreement the United States enters into with another country includes strong and enforceable provisions relating to both environmental and labor standards. Under the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Prio... Read more

Aurora, CO – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) released the following statement following a preliminary injunction barring the unilateral end to the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) program by the Administration: "While this decision is important, it is only temporary. Members of Congress who want to protect TPS families will still need to work for a legislative solution that will provide a path to permanent residency. I have a large Salvadoran community in my Congressional distric... Read more

Breaking the Gridlock By: Rep. Mike Coffman In 1988, the voters in my home state of Colorado became increasingly dissatisfied with the hyper-partisan culture of the Colorado General Assembly. For example, in the State House of Representatives, bills would be introduced, assigned to the respective committee of jurisdiction, and then the committee chairman/chairwoman, from the majority party, would decide when and if the bill would be scheduled for a vote. If the Chair didn’t like a bill, it was ... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (CO-06) joined his colleagues, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52), Rep. John Katko (NY-24) and Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41) to introduce H.R. 7022, a bipartisan bill that will increase transparency within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program which provides eligible veterans with supportive services. “Helping homeless veterans is the right thi... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation, introduced by U.S. Representative Mike Coffman, to designate the U.S. Post Office located at 9609, South University Boulevard in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, as the “Deputy Sheriff Zackari Spurlock Parrish, III, Post Office”, and the U.S. Post Office located at 90 North 4thAvenue in Brighton, Colorado, as the “Deputy Sheriff Heath McDonald Gumm Post Office” in honor of both officers who were killed in the l... Read more