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Rep. Lois Frankel Responds to U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities

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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the House National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee released the following statement today after the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. “Here’s what’s not up for debate: For decades, the Iranian regime has threatened Israel’s very…

Ranking Members Frankel, Shaheen, Schatz, Meeks Statement on Recissions Package Cuts to Foreign Assistance

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Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations…

Rep. Lois Frankel Warns Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Are Dangerous and Self-Defeating

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Lois Frankel (FL-22) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s proposal to drastically slash international affairs funding—endangering Americans’ safety, economic security, and global standing: “President Trump’s extreme plan to gut diplomacy and foreign assistance isn’t fiscal responsibility—it’s reckless and…

Rep. Frankel Blasts Trump-Musk Plan That Endangers U.S. Security, Trusted Media

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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration submitted a plan to Congress that guts U.S. foreign assistance and eliminates funding for NPR and PBS. “President Trump’s move to isolate the United…

Rep. Lois Frankel and Sen. Brian Schatz Statement on Proposed State Department Reorganization

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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the House National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after the State Department…

Rep. Frankel Slams Pete Hegseth’s Attack on Women, Peace, and Security

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Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security Caucus, released the following statement after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced he was eliminating Women, Peace, and Security efforts at the Department of Defense. President Trump signed the Women, Peace, and Security Act into law in 2017 after Congress passed it…

Reps. Frankel, Meeks, Reproductive Freedom Caucus Leaders Demand Reinstatement of Global Family Planning Programs in Letter to Secretary Rubio

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Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee; Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Diana DeGette (CO-01) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chairs of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC); and Grace Meng (NY-06), Chair of…

ICYMI: RM Frankel Leads Appropriations Hearing on Trump Dismantling Foreign Assistance Programs, Slams Unlawful Cuts

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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22), Ranking Member of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, led the Subcommittee’s first public hearing of the 119th Congress with witnesses representing advocates and implementers of foreign assistance. Ranking Member Frankel spoke out against the Trump Administration and…

Rep. Frankel Joins Congressional Colleagues to Defend Congress’s Article I Powers, Slam Unlawful and Dangerous Shuttering of USAID

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Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Lois Frankel, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP); Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force; and Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, in conjunction…

Rep. Frankel Joins Sen. Schatz, Congressional Colleagues Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Illegal Gutting of U.S. Agency for Global Media

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Lawmakers: “These Actions Are Not Just Illegal and Wasteful, They Run Counter To Our Interests of Promoting Free Expression, Combating Censorship” Washington, DC – Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security and Department of State (NSRP) and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate…