A record number of 181 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter calling for a $40 million increase for the Peace Corps!

The letter, which was drafted by National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), was circulated by the three co-chairs of the House Peace Corps Caucus: RPCV Congressmen John Garamendi (D-CA) and Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA), and fellow Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA).

172 Democrats (making up 73% of House Democrats) and nine Republicans signed the letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee for State/Foreign Operations requesting an increase in funding for the fiscal year that begins this coming October from $410.5 million currently to $450 million. Thirty-five new members of Congress also signed the letter.

NPCA advocates from all fifty states sent more than 2,000 messages to Congress in the past week, urging members to sign the letter.

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Take Action – Say Thank You!

The following members of the House of Representatives signed the Peace Corps funding Dear Colleague letter. If your representative is listed below, contact them and say “thank you for signing the Peace Corps funding Dear Colleague letter.”
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