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ARMS TRADE LEGISLATIVE PHONE ALERT
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
June 12, 1991
While there has been much talk in Washington about ending the
Middle East arms race, Congress has yet to take any concrete
meaningful step towards that end; and President Bush continues to
sell the most sophisticated arms to the Middle East.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be marking-up,
discussing and voting on the State Department Authorization Bill
this week. This bill originally contained language, introduced by
Senators Kerry (D MA) and Brown (R CO) for a moratorium on Middle
East arms transfers. This language has been greatly changed.
WE URGE YOU TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY.
Contact your Senator if he/she is a member of the Senate Foreign
Relations committee, otherwise, contact the chair, Sen Claiborne
Pell. Let him/her know that you believe the U.S. Congress should take
responsibility for a meaningful first step toward ending the
dangerous ME arms trade.
Urge him/her to vote to include provision in the State Department
Authorization bill requiring a moratorium on all Middle East arms
transfers, such as in the original Kerry, Brown amendment, with the
time used to develop an international moratorium on Middle East
arms trade.
A vote is expected this week, or early next so prompt action is
needed.
Foreign Relations Committee Members:
Democrats:
Claiborne Pell, R.I. Chairman; Joseph R. Biden Jr.,Del.;
Paul S. Sarbanes, Md.; Alan Cranston, Calif.; Christopher Dodd, Conn.;
John Kerry, Mass.; Paul Simon, Ill; Terry Sanford, N.C.; Daniel Patrick
Moynihan, N.Y.; Charles S. Robb, Va.
Republicans:
Jesse Helms, N.C.; Richard G. Lugar, Ind.; Nancy Kassenbaum, Kan.;
Larry Pressler, S.D.; Frank H. Murkowski, Alaska; Mitch McConnell, Ky.;
Hank Brown, CO; Orrin G. Hatch, Utah.
Prepared by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
Middle East Committee and Legislative Office.
710 G Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. 202-544-2211.
or Dolores Taller, Middle East Committee Chair. dtaller, online.
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