With the Senate in recess this week, the Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee is expected to mark-up the legislation following its return on July 6. Now is the time to urge subcommittee members to support funding for the Baltics.

As part of this years International Affairs package, the Subcommittee will be considering funding for the Baltic countries within the framework of Foreign Military Funding (FMF), International Military Education Training (IMET), Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) and also International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), which funds international criminal justice programs in law enforcement training.

URGE SENATORS TO:
1) Support the request of $20.2 billion for the International Affairs Budget
2) Support IMET funding of $650,000 per Baltic country
3) Support FMF funding, totaling $18.3 million for all three Baltic countries
4) Support the request of $465 million funding for SEED programs
5) Support INL funding, consisting of the $20 million request for anti-crime programs, which includes assistance for the Baltics

Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee members:
Chairman Mitch McConnell (R-KY)             Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-UT)                       Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)        Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)                                  Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)                       Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)                               Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
*Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)