Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittees

Who is on the appropriations subcommittees for foreign operations that fund the refugee program?

Senate FOA Subcommittee

Democrats
Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.) (Chairman)
Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii)
Tom Harkin (Iowa)
Barbara A. Mikulski (Md.)
Richard J. Durbin (Ill.)
Tim Johnson (S.D.)
Mary Landrieu (La.)
Jack Reed (R.I.)

Republicans
Mitch McConnell (Ky.) (Ranking Minority Member)
Arlen Specter (Pa.)
Judd Gregg (N.H.)
Richard C. Shelby (Ala.)
Robert Bennett (Utah)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Colo.)
Christopher S. "Kit" Bond (Mo.)

House FOA Subcommittee

Republicans
Jim Kolbe (5th, Ariz.) (Chairman)
Sonny Callahan (1st, Ala.)
Joe Knollenberg (11th, Mich.)
Jack Kingston (1st, Ga.)
Jerry Lewis (40th, Calif.)
Roger F. Wicker (1st, Miss.)
Henry Bonilla (23rd, Tex.)
John E. Sununu (1st, N.H.).

Democrats
Nita M. Lowey (18th, N.Y.) (Ranking Minority Member)
Nancy Pelosi (8th, Calif.)
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., (2nd, Ill.)
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (15th, Mich.)
Steven R. Rothman (9th, N.J.)

Are you in one of these districts? If so, lifting your voice for refugees has special impact. Use these links to find contact information for your Senators and Representatives. View sample letters that you can download, modify to taste and send in.

Even if your senator or representative does not sit on one of these subcommittees, it is still helpful to write to them. They are your servants in Washington. Ask them to contact their party leader—i.e., the chairman or the ranking minority member, depending on their party—on the subcommittee and ask for the money.