AHRU and UNCHAIN promote aid to Ukraine (08/12/01)

AHRU and UNCHAIN promote aid to Ukraine

NEWARK, N.J. - Responding to the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council's "Action Item" appeal in The Ukrainian Weekly regarding U.S. aid to Ukraine, AHRU and UNCHAIN sent 184 letters by mail and fax, plus made phone calls to all members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding aid to Ukraine for Fiscal Year 2002, asking them to vote for a sum of $180 million.

The foreign aid bill was first considered in early July in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, which lowered the amount of aid from $169 million, as originally proposed by the Bush administration, to $125 million.

In turn, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations proposed an increase to $180 million. Because of this discrepancy in the proposed amounts, the measure will be sent to a conference committee comprising members of both the House and the Senate, who will then reach a compromise on the exact amount of aid.

AHRU and UNCHAIN noted Ukraine's cooperation with the United States on various issues and argued that decreasing aid to Ukraine is not in the U.S. interest.

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