137 Representatives Sign Letter Supporting Demining Funding

On May 12th, Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6), Ami Bera (D-CA-6), Young Kim (R-CA-40), and Rich McCormick (R-GA-7), along with 133 of their colleagues, submitted a bipartisan letter to the House National Security, Department of State and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee encouraging support for humanitarian demining and weapons security programs.

This surpassed the amount of signatures on last year's letter, which closed with 129, and set a new record of support in the House!

The letter called for $271.703 million for the State Department’s Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) account, which funds State Department humanitarian demining and weapons security management programs in nearly 50 countries.

These programs address the security and humanitarian impacts of landmines, IEDs, and other explosive remnants of war and combat the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons systems. The requested funding includes $80 million for Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, which would be critical to supporting security, promoting positive U.S. leadership, strengthening diplomacy, and clearing U.S. legacy ordnance from the Vietnam war.

Thank you to all the Representatives who signed the letter, including: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Rep. Ami Bera, Rep. Young Kim, Rep. Rich McCormick, Rep. Nikema Williams, Rep. James McGovern, Rep. Kim Schrier, Rep. Gerald Connolly, Rep. Shontel Brown, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Donald Beyer, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, Rep. Sharice Davids, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rep. Claudia Tenney, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Rep. Danny Davis, Rep. Carol Miller, Rep. Lucy McBath, Rep. Joyce Beatty, Rep. Jahana Hayes, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Jim Himes, Rep. Bradley Schneider, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Stephen Lynch, Rep. Jonathan Jackson, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Rep. Kevin Mullin, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Rep. Brendan Boyle, Rep. Linda Sánchez, Rep. Zach Nunn, Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Lori Trahan, Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Steve Cohen, Rep. Becca Balint, Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Chellie Pingree, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Terri Sewell, Rep. Jennifer McClellan, Rep. Frank Pallone, Rep. Joaquin Castro, Rep. Shri Thanedar, Rep. Jill Tokuda, Rep. Robert Garcia, Rep. Salud Carbajal, Rep. Cleo Fields, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Julia Brownley, Rep. Dina Titus, Rep. Brittany Pettersen, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. John Garamendi, Rep. Rick Larsen, Rep. Donald Norcross, Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Seth Magaziner, Rep. Al Green, Rep. Marilyn Strickland, Rep. Lloyd Smucker, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. J. Luis Correa, Rep. Val Hoyle, Rep. Nanette Barragán, Rep. William Keating, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Rep. Greg Casar, Rep. Sanford Bishop, Rep. Robin Kelly, Rep. Sean Casten, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Rep. Robert Menendez, Rep. Bill Foster, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Julie Johnson, Rep. Yassamin Ansari, Rep. Janelle Bynum, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Joe Wilson, Rep. Joe Courtney, Rep. Chris Deluzio, Rep. Paul Tonko, Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Rep. André Carson, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Del. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Rep. Greg Landsman, Rep. Brian Mast, Rep. Sara Jacobs, Rep. April McClain Delaney, Rep. Michael Turner, Rep. Sarah McBride, Rep. Gilbert Cisneros, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Rep. Valerie Foushee, Rep. John Mannion, Rep. Emily Randall, Rep. Darin LaHood, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Rep. Michael McCaul, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. Sarah Elfreth, Rep. Donald Davis, Rep. Kelly Morrison, Rep. Nellie Pou, Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Rep. Diana DeGette, Rep. Hillary Scholten, Rep. Ted Lieu, Rep. John Larson, Rep. Maxine Dexter, Rep. George Whitesides, Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, Rep. Troy Carter, Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García, Rep. Darrell Issa, Rep. Lateefah Simon, Rep. Delia Ramirez, Rep. Summer Lee, Rep. Glenn Thompson, Rep. Gabe Amo, Rep. Bill Huizenga, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam.

Read the full text of the letter here.