Much gratitude and thanks for this Dear Colleague letter are due to the Co-Chairs of the Peace Corps Caucus, Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA-03), and Representative Garrett Graves (R-LA-06), for their bipartisan work in circulating this letter. We encourage constituents of these two leaders to send a note of thanks and appreciation.
Please note: This action is for the House of Representatives only, with special attention to those members who signed a similar letter in the previous year and have not signed yet. For members who have signed this year's letter, we will have a "Thank You" action prepared shortly.
Arizona: Ruben Gallego AZ- 07; Raúl M. Grijalva AZ - 03
American Somoa: Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen AS- 01
California: Juan Vargas CA- 51; Jimmy Panetta CA- 20; Doris Matsui CA- 06; Mark DeSaulnier CA- 11; Jim Costa CA- 16; Mike Levin CA-49; Mark Takano CA- 41; Tony Cárdenas CA- 29; Eric Swalwell CA-15; Salud Carbajal CA-24; Alan Lowenthal CA-47; Judy Chu CA- 27; Karen Bass CA- 37; Ami Bera CA- 07; Jerry McNerny CA- 09; Ted Lieu CA- 33; Ro Khanna CA- 17; Anna Eshoo CA- 18; Sara Jacobs CA- 53; Doug LaMalfa Ca- 01; Julia Brownley CA- 26; Grace Napolitano CA- 32; Scott Peters CA- 52; Zoe Lofgren CA- 19; Jackie Speier CA-14; Nanette Barragán CA- 44; Young Kim CA- 39; Barbara Lee CA- 13; Linda Sanchez CA- 38
Colorado: Joe Neguse- CO- 02; Jason Crow CO- 06; Diana DeGette CO- 01
Connecticut: Joe Courtney CT- 02; John Larson CT- 01; Jahana Hayes CT- 05; Jim Himes CT- 04
Delaware: Lisa Blunt Rochester DE- 01
District of Columbia: Eleanor Homes Norton DC- 00; Bill Pascrell
Florida: Ted Deutch Fl- 22; Darren Soto FL -09; Frederica Wilson FL -24; Al Lawson FL- 05
Georgia: Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. GA- 04; David Scott GA- 13; Lucy McBath GA-06; Sanford Bishop GA- 02
Hawaii: Kaiali'i Kahele HI- 02
Illinois: Jan Schakowsky IL- 09, Bill Foster IL- 11, Danny K. Davis IL-07, Cheri Bustos IL- 17; Jesús G. "Chuy" Garcia IL- 04; Robin Kelly IL-02; Bobby Rush IL-09
Indiana: André Carson IN- 07
Iowa: Axne IA- 03
Kansas: Sharice L. Davids KS- 03
Kentucky: Yarmuth KY- 03; Andy Barr KY- 06
Maine: Jared Golden ME-02; Chellie Pingree ME- 01
Maryland: John Sarbanes MD- 03; Anthony Brown MD- 04; Jamie Raskin MD- 08
Massachusets: Stephen F. Lynch MA- 08; William R. Keating MA- 09; James P. McGovern MA- 02; Seth Moulton MA- 06; Lori Trahan MA- 03; Richard Neal MA- 01; Ayanna Pressley MA- 07; Jake Auchincloss MA- 04
Michigan: Elissa Slotkin MI-08; Debbie Dingell MI- 12; Daniel Kildee MI- 05
Minnesota: Angie Craig MN- 02; Dean Phillips MN- 03
Missouri: Emanuel Cleaver MO- 05
North Carolina: Alma Adams NC- 12
Northern Mariana Islands: Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan MP- 01
Nevada: Steven Horsford NV- 04; Dina Titus NV- 01
New Hampshire: Ann Kuster NH- 02
New Jersey: Tom Malinowski NJ- 07; Frank Pallone, Jr. NJ- 06; Donald M. Payne, Jr. NJ- 10; Bill Pascrell NJ- 09; Jefferson Van Drew NJ- 02; Albio Sires NJ 08; Donald Norcross NJ- 01; Andy Kim NJ- 03; Josh Gottheimer NJ- 05; Mikie Sherill NJ- 11
New Mexico: Teresa Leger Fernández NM- 03
New York: Antonio Delgado NY- 10; John Katko NY- 24; Ritchie Torres NY- 15; Sean Patrick Maloney NY- 18; Paul Tonko NY- 20; Mondaire Jones NY- 17; Carolyn Maloney NY- 12; Thomas Suozzi NY- 03; Kathleen Rice NY- 04; Yvette Clarke NY- 09; Gregory Meeks NY- 05; Nydia Velazquez NY- 07; Brian Higgens NY- 26
Ohio: Joyce Beatty OH- 03; Anthony Gonzalez OH- 16
Oregon: Peter A. DeFazio OR- 04; Suzanne Bonamici OR- 01; Earl Blumenauer OR- 03
Pennsylvania: Brian Fitzpatrick PA- 01; Susan Wild PA- 07; Dwight Evans PA- 03; Brendan Boyle PA- 02
Puerto Rico: Jenniffer González-Colón PR- 00
Rhode Island: James Langevin RI- 02; David Cicilline RI- 01
Tennessee: Steve Cohen TN- 09
Texas: Vicente Gonzalez TX-15; Al Green TX- 09; Joaquin Castro TX- 20; Sheila Jackson Lee TX- 18; Colin Allred TX- 32; Veronica Escobar TX- 16; Eddie Johnson TX- 30; Filemon Vela TX- 34; Lloyd Dogget TX- 35
Vermont: Peter Welch VT-01
Virginia: Gerald E. Connolly VA- 11; Donald S. Beyer Jr. VA- 08; Elaine Luria VA- 02; Abigail Spanberger VA- 07; A. Donald McEachin VA- 04; Jennifer Wexton VA- 10
Virgin Islands: Stacey Plaskett VI- 01
Washington: Suzan K. DelBene WA- 01; Rick Larsen WA- 02; Kim Shrier WA- 08; Pramila Jayapal WA- 07; Marilyn Strickland WA- 10; Adam Smith WA- 09
Wisconsin: Gwen Moore WI- 04; Ron Kind WI- 03
Last Year's FY21 Letter Signatories Who Remain in the House (150):
Garamendi, Graves, Allred, Barr, Bass, Beatty, Bera, Bishop, Jr., Blumenauer, Bonamici, Boyle, Brown, Bustos, Butterfield, Carbajal, Carson, Casten, Castor, Castro, Chu, Cicilline, Clarke, Cohen, Connolly, Costa, Courtney, Craig, Davids, D. Davis, DeFazio, DeGette, DeLauro, DelBene, Delgado, Desaulnier, Deutch, Diaz-Barragan, Dingell, Escobar, Eshoo, Espaillat, Fitzpatrick, Foster, Gallego, García, Gonzalez, González-Colón, Gottheimer, A. Green, Grijalva, Harder, Hayes, Higgins, Himes, Horsford, Jackson Lee, Jayapal, H. Johnson, Keating, R. Kelly, Khanna, Kildee, Kind, Kuster, LaMalfa, Larsen, Larson, B. Lee, S. Lee, A. Levin, M. Levin, Lieu, Lofgren, Lowenthal, Lynch, Malinowski, Maloney, Matsui, McGovern, McNerney, Meeks, Moore, Morelle, Moulton, Norton, Pallone, Jr., Panetta, Pappas, Pascrell, Jr., Payne, Jr., Perlmutter, Peters, Phillips, Pingree, Porter, Pressley, Raskin, K. Rice, Roybal-Allard, Rush, Sablan, Sánchez, Sarbanes, Schakowsky, Schneider, Schrier, M.D., D. Scott, Sewell, Sires, A. Smith, C. Smith, Speier, Suozzi, Swalwell, Takano, B. Thompson, Titus, Tlaib, Tonko, Trahan, Trone, Vargas, Veasey, Vela, Velázquez, Waters, Welch, Wexton, Wild, Yarmuth, Young, Radewagen, Schiff, Brownley, Murphy, Blunt Rochester, A. Kim, McEachin, Napolitano, Ruppersberger, Spanberger, Adams, Slotkin, Van Drew, Golden, Neguse, Beyer, Evans, Doggett, Katko, Luria
FY21 Letter Signatories Who Have Not Yet Signed FY22 Letter:
California: Harder, Porter, Roybal-Allard, Schiff, Waters
Colorado: DeGette, Perlmutter
Connecticut: DeLauro
Florida: Castor, Murphy
Illinois: Casten, Schneider
Maryland: Ruppersberger, Trone
Michigan: Andy Levin, Tlaib
Mississippi: Thompson
Nevada: Lee
New Hampshire: Pappas
New Jersey: Pascrell Jr., Chris Smith
New York: Espaillat, Morelle, Velazquez
North Carolina: Butterfield
Texas: Doggett, Veasey