Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Harold Rogers (R-KY), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Kay Granger (R-TX), Chairwoman of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, today wrote Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to urge decisive and constructive actions to stop incitement of terrorist attacks against Israel.

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November 20, 2014

His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas
Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee
President of the Palestinian National Authority
Al Muqata'a, Ramallah West Bank

Dear Mr. President:

Issues:State, Foreign Operations

Lowey Statement on President's Executive Action on Immigration

November 20, 2014

Press Release

“While far from an ideal solution to a complex and longstanding challenge, this executive order is a good start. I call on Republican leaders to channel their opposition to the President’s action into engagement. Rather than threatening a repeat of last year’s disastrous government shutdown, hold a vote on comprehensive immigration reform, which was written and passed by the Senate on a bipartisan basis last year.”

Granger and Lowey Statement on Iran Nuclear Talks

November 18, 2014

Press Release

“As the Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, we remain firmly opposed to scaling back or removing the bipartisan sanctions placed on Iran before the international community is able to verify that Iran is dismantling its nuclear program."

Subcommittees

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (113th Congress)

Lowey statement on Ebola funding request

November 5, 2014

Press Release

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on President Obama's request for emergency funding to address Ebola in Africa and public health preparedness in the United States.

"The Ebola epidemic has taken a tragic toll in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. A wide-ranging and sustained response is required to bring an end to this suffering and to ensure it does not spread further in the United States and elsewhere. I am pleased President Obama has requested Congress appropriate emergency funding to help meet this responsibility.