Cassidy, Ricketts, Scott, Risch, 23 Republican Colleagues Call for Ban on U.S. Aid to UNRWA Given Hamas Ties
February 01, 2024
February 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release:
U.S. SenatorsBill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jim Risch (R-ID) and 23 Republican colleagues demanded the national security supplemental bill include "an immediate and permanent prohibition" of U.S. aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) . . .
U.S. SenatorsBill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jim Risch (R-ID) and 23 Republican colleagues demanded the national security supplemental bill include "an immediate and permanent prohibition" of U.S. aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) . . .