Charities

Cortez Masto Tours Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, Delivers Meals with Meals on Wheels
Cathrine Cortez Masto - (D - NV)
April 17, 2017
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) toured Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada’s facilities in Las Vegas and delivered meals to seniors with Catholic Charities’ Meals on Wheels program. The tour and deliveries highlighted Catholic Charities and Meals on Wheels’ essential contributions to our community and the need to protect their federal funding from the Trump Administration’s proposed budget cuts.
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Foreign Aid

ICYMI: Associated Press: Corker, Coons Say Food Aid Constraints Delay Help Amid Famine
Senator Christopher A .Coons - (D - DE)
April 15, 2017
Following a visit to the world's largest refugee settlement in northern Uganda with the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware told The Associated Press on Saturday that the U.S. "can deliver more food aid at less cost" through foreign food aid reform.
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CORKER, COONS VISIT WORLD’S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP TO GET A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) - (R - TN)
April 17, 2017
U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday visited the Bidi Bidi refugee camp in Uganda, where more than 270,000 people reside after fleeing war-torn South Sudan. The senators witnessed firsthand one of the countries hardest hit by the current global food crisis in which 20 million people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen are at risk of starvation. They sought to elevate international attention on the historic and desperate nature of the humanitarian situation while also making a plea for other donor countries to join the U.S. in meeting the unprecedented need. The senators also called out governments and non-state actors who are blocking delivery of aid and reiterated support for long-needed reforms of U.S. international food aid programs.
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Seniors

New York Times cites effort led by Senator Collins to combat financial abuse of older Americans and her bill, the Senior $afe Act of 2017
Senator Susan M. Collins - (R - ME)
April 17, 2017
U.S. Senator Susan Collins’ efforts to protect older Americans against financial fraud were featured today in a New York Times article titled “Declaring War on Financial Abuse of Older People.” Senator Collins, who is Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, introduced legislation, the Senior $afe Act of 2017 to help protect American seniors from financial exploitation and fraud by providing support to regulators, financial institutions, and legal organizations to educate their employees about how to identify and prevent financial exploitation of older Americans.
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