Colorado’s entire congressional delegation, including Republicans, issued a joint statement Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to relocate the U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama.
The rare show of bipartisan unity underscored the high stakes for the state’s economy and national security. Among those signing the protest was Rep. Lauren Boebert, one of the House’s most prominent Trump allies. Her support for the statement highlighted just how deeply the move is opposed across Colorado’s political spectrum.
“Today’s decision to move U.S. Space Command’s headquarters out of Colorado and to Alabama will directly harm our state and the nation. We are united in fighting to reverse this decision,” the statement read. “Bottom line — moving Space Command headquarters weakens our national security at the worst possible time.”
Lawmakers argued that uprooting the command would disrupt critical operations and delay military readiness. “Moving Space Command sets our space defense apparatus back years, wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, and hands the advantage to the converging threats of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea … imped[ing] our military’s operational capability for years,” the delegation warned.
They also raised concerns about the local economic fallout, noting that the command has developed deep ties with private industry in Colorado Springs. “Space Command’s long-term presence in Colorado Springs has also created a large number of civilian businesses and workers on which the Command now relies. Those people will not simply move with the Command at the military’s whim.
Many of them will leave the industry altogether, creating a disruption in the workforce that will take our national defense systems decades to recreate,” the statement continued. The delegation urged the administration to reconsider. “Being prepared for any threats should be the nation’s top priority; a crucial part of that is keeping in place what is already fully operational,” they wrote.
“Moving Space Command would not result in any additional operational capabilities than what we have up and running in Colorado Springs now. Colorado Springs is the appropriate home for U.S. Space Command, and we will take the necessary action to keep it there.”
The decision to move the headquarters has been politically charged for years. Trump first announced plans to relocate the command to Alabama during his presidency, a move many critics saw as politically motivated. In 2023, President Joe Biden reversed that decision after Gen. James Dickinson, then commander of U.S. Space Command, warned that relocating would harm readiness.
The renewed push by Trump sets up another bitter fight, with Colorado lawmakers promising to use every tool available to prevent the move.