We had a deadline of April 27 for swift, steady action urging Senators to sign the annual Peace Corps funding letter.
We had less than one week to ask Senators to sign the funding letter, which was authored this year by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). See who signed the letter below.
The request was $479 million for the Peace Corps in Fiscal Year 2027—an increase from the current funding level of $410 million. The $479 million request is equal to the recommendation made for last fiscal year and matches this cycle’s House of Representatives request authored by Representative John Garamendi (D-CA and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) and Delegate Amata Radewagen (R-American Samoa) that garnered 121 signatures.
Visit the National Peace Corps Action Center to thank your Senator if they signed the letter – or to encourage them to support the Peace Corps going forward.
Who signed the Senate letter?
Below is the list Senators who signed this year’s Peace Corps Funding Letter for Fiscal Year 2027.
DEADLINE (extended) to sign on: 6:00 PM (EDT) Monday, April 27th, 2026
SIGNATURES as of 12:21 PM (EDT), April 28, 2026: 36
SIGNATURES from last year’s letter: 35
Arizona: Mark Kelly
California: Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff
Colorado: Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper
Connecticut: Richard Blumenthal, Christopher Murphy
Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester
Hawaii: Mazie K. Hirono
Illinois: Tammy Duckworth
Maine: Angus King
Maryland: Angela Alsobrooks, Christopher Van Hollen
Massachusetts: Edward J. Markey, Elizabeth Warren
Michigan: Gary Peters, Elissa Slotkin
Minnesota: Tina Smith
Nevada: Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacklyn Rosen
New Hampshire: Margaret Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Cory Booker, Andy Kim
New Mexico: Ben Ray Luján
New York: Kirsten Gillibrand
Oregon: Jeffrey Merkley, Ron Wyden
Rhode Island: Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse
Vermont: Bernard Sanders, Peter Welch
Virginia: Tim Kaine, Mark Warner
Washington: Maria Cantwell
Wisconsin: Tammy Baldwin