We will need strong support from the House of Representatives in order to see a Peace Corps funding increase in the fiscal year that begins next October (FY 2020).
Here’s why.
Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Kennedy (D-MA), and Garret Graves (R-LA) are circulating their annual Peace Corps funding letter. This letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State/Foreign Operations asks that Peace Corps funding for FY 2020 be increased by nearly ten percent, to $450 million. This increase would follow four consecutive years of flat funding for the Peace Corps.
This letter carries great weight because of the high number of signatures it normally receives. Those signatures don’t come easy, and don’t happen without your involvement.
As this year’s letter winds down, we have surpassed last year’s record of 180 signatures. Congratulations!
TAKE ACTION – 3 SIMPLE STEPS
- Click here to email Your Member of Congress.
- Share the link with five friends and ask them to take action.
- Contact us if you want to find out more on how you can help.
The following members of the House of Representatives have signed the Peace Corps funding Dear Colleague letter. Contact them and say thank you!
(Last updated Thursday, March 28th, 2:00 PM – Please bookmark this page and return for regular updates!)
Current Number of Signatures: 181
ALABAMA
- Terri Sewell
ALASKA
- Don Young
AMERICAN SAMOA
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
ARIZONA
- Ruben Gallego
- Raul Grijalva
CALIFORNIA
- Karen Bass
- Ami Bera
- Julia Brownley
- Salud Carbajal
- Tony Cardenas
- Judy Chu
- Gilbert Cisneros
- Jim Costa
- Susan Davis
- Mark Desaulnier
- Anna Eshoo
- John Garamendi (co-author)
- Jimmy Gomez
- Katie Hill
- Ro Khanna
- Doug LaMalfa
- Barbara Lee
- Mike Levin
- Ted Lieu
- Zoe Lofgren
- Alan Lowenthal
- Doris Matsui
- Jerry McNerney
- Grace Napolitano
- Jimmy Panetta
- Scott Peters
- Katie Porter
- Harley Rouda
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Linda Sanchez
- Adam Schiff
- Jackie Speier
- Eric Swalwell
- Mark Takano
- Juan Vargas
- Maxine Waters
COLORADO
- Diana DeGette
- Joe Neguse
- Ed Perlmutter
CONNECTICUT
- Joe Courtney
- Rosa DeLauro
- Jahana Hayes
- Jim Himes
- John Larson
DELAWARE
- Lisa Blunt Rochester
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
FLORIDA
- Kathy Castor
- Ted Deutch
- Alcee Hastings
- Al Lawson
- Stephanie Murphy
- Donna Shalala
- Darren Soto
- Frederica Wilson
GEORGIA
- Sanford Bishop
- Hank Johnson
- John Lewis
- David Scott
GUAM
- Michael F.Q. San Nicolas
HAWAII
- Tulsi Gabbard
ILLINOIS
- Cheri Bustos
- Sean Casten
- Danny Davis
- Bill Foster
- Jesus Garcia
- Robin Kelly
- Daniel Lipinski
- Bobby Rush
- Jan Schakowsky
- Brad Schneider
INDIANA
- Andre Carson
IOWA
- Cynthia Axne
- Dave Loebsack
KENTUCKY
- Andy Barr
- John Yarmuth
LOUISIANA
- Garrett Graves (co-author)
- Cedric Richmond
MAINE
- Jared Golden
- Chellie Pingree
MARYLAND
- Anthony Brown
- Elijah Cummings
- Jamie Raskin
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- John Sarbanes
- David Trone
MASSACHUSETTS
- William Keating
- Joseph Kennedy III (co-author)
- Stephen Lynch
- James McGovern
- Seth Moulton
- Richard Neal
- Ayanna Pressley
- Lori Trahan
MICHIGAN
- Debbie Dingell
- Dan Kildee
- Andy Levin
- Elissa Slotkin
MINNESOTA
- Angie Craig
- Jim Hagedorn
- Collin Peterson
MISSISSIPPI
- Bennie Thompson
MISSOURI
- Emanuel Cleaver
NEVADA
- Susie Lee
- Dina Titus
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Ann McLane Kuster
- Chris Pappas
NEW JERSEY
- Josh Gottheimer
- Andy Kim
- Tom Malinowski
- Donald Norcross
- Bill Pascrell Jr.
- Frank Pallone Jr.
- Donald Payne Jr.
- Mikie Sherrill
- Albio Sires
- Jeff Van Drew
NEW MEXICO
- Deb Haaland
- Ben Ray Lujan
NEW YORK
- Yvette Clarke
- Antonio Delgado
- Eliot Engel
- Adriano Espaillat
- Brian Higgins
- Hakeem Jeffries
- John Katko
- Carolyn Maloney
- Sean Patrick Maloney
- Gregory Meeks
- Joseph Morelle
- Jerry Nadler
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Kathleen Rice
- Thomas Suozzi
- Paul Tonko
- Nydia Velazquez
NORTH CAROLINA
- Alma Adams
- G.K. Butterfield
NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS
- Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
OHIO
- Joyce Beatty
- Marcia Fudge
OREGON
- Earl Blumenauer
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Peter DeFazio
PENNSYLVANIA
- Brendan Boyle
- Mike Doyle
- Dwight Evans
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Susan Wild
PUERTO RICO
- Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon
RHODE ISLAND
- David Cicilline
- Jim Langevin
TENNESSEE
- Steve Cohen
TEXAS
- Colin Allred
- Joaquin Castro
- Lloyd Doggett
- Veronica Escobar
- Al Green
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Marc Veasey
- Filemon Vela
VERMONT
- Peter Welch
VIRGINIA
- Don Beyer
- Gerald Connolly
- Donald McEachin
- Bobby Scott
- Abigail Spanberger
- Jennifer Wexton
WASHINGTON
- Suzan DelBene
- Denny Heck
- Pramila Jayapal
- Rick Larsen
- Kim Schrier
- Adam Smith
WISCONSIN
- Ron Kind
- Gwen Moore