Thirty-eight Senators sign letter supporting robust FY27 exchange funding and funding protections
On April 30, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and thirty-seven fellow Senators sent a letter on behalf of educational and cultural exchange programs to the Subcommittee on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Senate Committee on Appropriations leadership.
The annual appropriations letter calls on the Senate Appropriations Committee to:
Fund exchanges at $700.95 million for FY27; and
Retain oversight language from FY26 to ensure appropriated funds are released in a timely manner and are utilized consistently with Congressional intent.
Below is a list of all thirty-eight letter signers. The Alliance is grateful to all the Senators who signed on and their offices for their support of Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) exchange programs.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Senator Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Senator Angus King (I-ME)
Senator Gary Peters (D-MI)
Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN)
Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ)
Senator Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Senator Peter Welch (D-VT)
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
