WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Brian Schatz issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's refusal to spend foreign assistance investments Congress made as intended as the end of the fiscal year quickly approaches on September 30.
"Cracking down on fentanyl trafficking, countering Putin, protecting Americans from global health threats-these are priorities just about everyone supports. But instead of spending funding Congress provided to support these common-sense objectives, the Tr...