Stand by Colombia's Victims of Violence

McGovern-Schakowsky-Payne-Honda Dear Colleague Letter on U.S. Aid to Colombia

by Vanessa Kritzer on November 04, 2009

Current List of Co-Signers on this Letter (51)

Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) - Original co-signer
Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) - Original co-signer
Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) - Original co-signer
Representative Mike Honda (D-CA) - Original co-signer
Representative Hank Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI)
Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Representative Bob Filner (D-CA)
Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL)
Representative George Miller (D-CA)
Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Representative José Serrano (D-NY)
Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
Representative John Lewis (D-GA)
Representative Dennis Moore (D-KS)
Representative Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Representative Danny Davis (D-IL)
Representative John Olver (D-MA)
Representative Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Representative Donna Edwards (D-MA)
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Representative Peter Welch (D-VT)
Representative John Tierney (D-MA)
Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Representative John Conyers Jr. (D-MI)
Representative Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
Representative Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Representative Phil Hare (D-IL)
Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Representative Linda Sánchez (D-CA)
Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL)
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Representative Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Representative Ed Markey (D-MA)
Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Representative Betty Sutton (D-OH)
Representative Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA)
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)

Get Your Representative to Sign a Letter Supporting Human Rights in Colombia

by Vanessa Kritzer on November 03, 2009

The Second Colombia

by Paulo Gusmao on October 27, 2009

Hear LAWG's director talk on Chicago Public Radio's Worldview program about the "two Colombias" : The one in which the war is winding down and all is going well; and the other one, in which hundreds of thousands of people are still fleeing their homes from violence, the army as well as guerrillas and paramilitaries are killing civilians, and the government is illegally wiretapping the institutions that are the basic building blocks of democracy.

Click here to listen to it on the Chicago Public Radio website.