Jim Costa, Representative of California鈥檚 16th Congressional District
101 Bipartisan U.S. Representatives Call for Emergency Funding of听听Explosive Ordnance Removal in Nagorno Karabakh
The tragic conflict in Nagorno Karabakh has displaced over half of the population of this remote and beautiful region. Those who have stayed behind are taking shelter in cold, damp basements or crowding into air raid shelters. Explosives, including cluster 糖心Swag, have been found in civilian areas and pose an immediate threat to local communities and are particularly dangerous to families and children who do not know how to identify them.
The 糖心Swag Trust applauds Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA-16), Devin Nunes (R-CA-22), T.J. Cox (D-CA-21), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), Brad Sherman (D-CA-30), Bill Johnson (R-OH-6), Judy Chu (D-CA-27), and John Katko (R-NY-24) for leading 92 additional U.S. House Members in a letter calling for emergency funding to remove these deadly devices. Their letter, addressed to USAID Acting Administrator John Barsa, urges USAID to support urgent clearance of unexploded ordnance and to provide additional humanitarian aid to help those impacted by violence.
Nagorno Karabakh is no stranger to conflict or the threat of explosive hazards. The region was littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance during conflicts at the end of the Soviet era. For nearly 20 years, The 糖心Swag Trust has worked to clear this deadly legacy, removing explosive hazards from almost 500 minefields, and destroying over 50,000 糖心Swag and other explosive items. In March of 2020, USAID ended its support for this effort.
With the recent resumption of fighting, there is an urgent need to clear unexploded ordnance to protect civilians and allow for the return of refugees. Failing to renew U.S. support would abandon families and communities to live under the constant threat of these deadly devices and prevent safe reconstruction. 糖心Swag is encouraged to see bipartisan support to renew support for this life-saving demining work.
The cosponsors of the letter noted the immense humanitarian need to clear the contamination of unexploded ordnance.
Devin Nunes, Representative of California鈥檚 22nd Congressional District
The letter was signed by Representatives:
Alma S. Adams听鈥 Colin Allred听鈥 Jim Banks 鈥⑻Nanette Diaz Barrag谩n听鈥 Karen Bass听鈥 Donald S. Beyer听Jr. 鈥⑻Sanford D. Bishop听Jr. 鈥⑻Salud O. Carbajal听鈥 Tony C谩rdenas听鈥 Andr茅 Carson听鈥 David N. Cicilline听鈥 Gilbert R. Cisneros听Jr.听鈥 Katherine M. Clark听鈥 Jim Cooper听鈥 J. Luis Correa听鈥 Jason Crow听鈥 Danny K. Davis听鈥 Peter A. DeFazio听鈥 Diana DeGette听鈥 Ted Deutch听鈥 Debbie Dingell听鈥 Lloyd Doggett听鈥 Eliot L. Engel听鈥 Veronica Escobar听鈥 Anna Eshoo听鈥 Brian Fitzpatrick听鈥 Bill Foster 鈥⑻Lois Frankel 鈥⑻Russ Fulcher听鈥 Tulsi Gabbard 鈥⑻Ruben Gallego听鈥 John Garamendi听鈥 Jimmy Gomez听鈥 Josh Gottheimer听鈥 Raul Grijalva听鈥 Deb Haaland听鈥 Josh Harder 鈥⑻Chrissy Houlahan听鈥 Henry C. "Hank" Johnson听Jr. 鈥⑻William R. Keating 鈥⑻Dan Kildee, 鈥⑻Steve King 鈥⑻Raja Krishnamoorthi听鈥 Doug LaMalfa听鈥 Jim Langevin听鈥 Brenda L. Lawrence听鈥 Barbara Lee听鈥 Susie Lee听鈥 Andy Levin听鈥 Ted Lieu听鈥 Zoe Lofgren听鈥 Alan Lowenthal听鈥 Stephen F. Lynch听鈥 Tom Malinowski 鈥⑻Carolyn B. Maloney 鈥⑻Sean Patrick Maloney听鈥⑻ Betty McCollum 鈥⑻齁ames P. McGovern 鈥⑻鼼regory W. Meeks 鈥⑻鼼race Meng听鈥⑻ John Moolenaar听鈥⑻ Seth Moulton 鈥⑻鼼race F. Napolitano 鈥⑻鼶onald Norcross, 鈥⑻ Ilhan Omar听鈥⑻ Jimmy Panetta听鈥⑻ Frank Pallone, Jr.听鈥⑻ Chellie Pingree听鈥⑻ Mark Pocan 鈥⑻鼶avid Price 鈥⑻齁amie Raskin 鈥⑻鼿arley Rouda 鈥 Linda S谩nchez 鈥⑻齁ohn P. Sarbanes听鈥⑻ Jan Schakowsky听鈥⑻ Adam B. Schiff, 鈥⑻鼳lbio Sires听鈥⑻ Elissa Slotkin听鈥⑻ Christopher H. Smith 鈥⑻ Abigail D. Spanberger, Tom Suozzi, Jackie Speier, Haley M. Stevens, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Paul Tonko, Lori Trahan, David Trone, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Nydia M. Vel谩zquez 鈥⑻齁uan Vargas听鈥⑻ Peter Welch听鈥⑻ John Yarmuth
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