Congressman Mike Coffman

Rep. Coffman, Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan and Rep. Ed Perlmutter open the Fitzsimons interchange at I-225 in Aurora on February 11, 2013.

Monsignor Bernie Schmit of the Archdiocese of Denver, Rep. Coffman, Rep. Jared Polis and Sen. Michael Bennet listen to Fr. Steve Adams at a forum on immigration at St. Therese Catholic Church in Aurora on February 10, 2013.

Rep. Coffman and Medal of Honor recipient Pvt. George T. Sakato breaking ground on the Colorado Freedom Memorial in Aurora on Feb. 2, 2013. Sakato, 91, earned the nation's highest honor at 19 during World War II.

Together Colorado, an organization that helps everyday citizens impact their communities, met with Rep. Coffman on February 6, 2013 to discuss issues affecting families in Colorado.

Members of Colorado Association for the Blind meet with Rep. Coffman in his Washington office on February 6, 2013

Rep. Coffman meets with employees of the Arc Thrift Store in Aurora on February 1, 2013.

Students from Highlands Ranch High School meet with Rep. Coffman during a school trip to Washington for the President's Inauguration.

Valor Christian High School students met with Rep. Coffman during a recent visit to Washington, DC for the President's Inauguration.

Rep. Coffman meets with the Blue Phoenix Patrol Webelos of Cub Scout Pack 872 of Highlands on February 2, 2013.

Visitors from Platte Canyon High School in Bailey meet with Rep. Coffman during a visit to Washington for the President’s Inauguration.

Rep. Mike Coffman speaks with Jeanette Early, National President of the Gold Star Wives of America, during his visit to the Comitis Crisis Center in Aurora on January 10, 2013.

Rep. Mike Coffman speaks with students from the Aspen Academy in Greenwood Village on January 9, 2013.

Coffman’s Statement on the State of the Union Address

February 13, 2013

WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., released the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address— “In his State of the Union message, President Obama announced his plan to reduce troop levels in Afghanistan by 34,000 by this time next year, and I strongly applaud his efforts to bring our ...

February 6, 2013

By Harold HayesCBS PittsburghFebruary 5, 2013 WASHINGTON D.C. (KDKA) — Officials with the Veterans’ Affairs Department were grilled on Tuesday over a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at Pittsburgh-area VA hospitals. There were even accusations that some data was falsified. In written remarks delivered to the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Oversight and In...

Support grows for Coffman’s Military Enlistment Opportunity Act

February 6, 2013

AURORA, Colo.—Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., announced that the Military Enlistment Opportunity Act is gaining support, with Democrat Luis Gutierrez of Illinois and Republicans David Valadao of California and Steve Stivers of Ohio signing on as cosponsors. The National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) also endorsed the ...

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Corruption in Afghanistan

December 7, 2012

Last year I began pushing for a congressional investigation into allegations of corruption and mismanagement at a U.S. sponsored Afghan National Army hospital, known as the Dawood National Military Hospital, in ...

November 16, 2012

The budget-gutting policies of “sequestration” — an across-the-board cut of a $55 billion a year for 10 years to our defense budget — pose a serious threat to our national security. They represent a haphazard an...

September 13, 2012

On Friday, July 20 after my alarm went off, I reluctantly got out of bed at 5 a.m. in my studio apartment in Washington, D.C. It took an alarm to get me up since my ...

Coffman’s Statement on the State of the Union Address

U.S. House Committee Holds Hearing On VA Legionnaires Outbreak

Support grows for Coffman’s Military Enlistment Opportunity Act

Corruption in Afghanistan

We can be smarter than sequestration

Moving forward after the shooting