WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:
Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemning the Trump Administration's decision to proceed with the reprogramming of more than $52 million in congressionally appropriated Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio diverted the funds-appropriated by Congress for Ukraine, European allies supporting Ukraine and Middle East partners-to countries in the Western Hemisphere instead.
The Ranking Members re...