Reelected to a third term in the United States Senate in 2004, Senator Bob Bennett continues to serve the citizens of Utah with distinction. As counsel to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Bennett retains his seat on the Republican leadership team where he advises the leader on legislative strategy and policy priorities. As a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the distinguished Joint Economic Committee, the Utah senator is at the center of national economic policy discussions.

From his seat on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, where he is the ranking member for the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Bennett works to balance fiscal discipline in government while also representing the needs of Utah in the distribution of federal funds. The Utah Republican also serves as the ranking Republican member on the Senate Rules Committee. Named an "Emerging Leader in a Post-September 11 Senate" by Congressional Quarterly Magazine, Bennett has received numerous awards for his contributions in the U.S. Senate.

Since he was named chairman of the special committee responsible for the relatively glitch-free Year 2000 computer switch, Senator Bennett has been at the forefront of high-tech issues. Bennett takes pride in results of Y2K preparations promoted by the work of the Senate committee, including a modernized technology base, the creation of emergency contingency plans and networks, and a better understanding of the vulnerabilities of America's high-tech infrastructure.

A past chairman and current member of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, Bennett remains immersed in technology issues. Recognizing the seamless nature of the public and the private sector, interconnected through advances of the Information Age, Bennett’s now working to ensure that the nation’s critical infrastructure, 90 percent of which is privately owned, can be protected and U.S. national security bolstered.

Prior to his election to the Senate in 1992, Bennett earned distinction in entrepreneurial and government activities. For his success as chief executive officer of the Franklin International Institute Bennett was named Inc. Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year" for the Rocky Mountain region. His Washington, D.C. experience includes service as chief congressional liaison at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Born September 18, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Bennett is the son of former four-term U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett and Frances Grant Bennett. He is a 1957 graduate and former student-body president of the University of Utah. Senator Bennett and his wife Joyce, are the parents of six children and 20 grandchildren.