Congressional Letters, Statements, and Resolutions

"We write to express our deep concern for the rights of Colombia's Afro descendents and indigenous populations, and to affirm that the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) should not be considered as drafted. We believe that the United States and the Colombian Government should take the immediate steps to strenghthen Afro-Colombians' territorial rights and prevent further displacement of Afro-Colombians." Read the full letter here (PDF).

List of Members who signed letter:

• Hank Johnson (D-GA-4)
• John Conyers (D-MI-14)
• Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)
• Bobby Rush (D-IL-1)
• Barbara Lee (D-CA-9)
• Donals Payne (D-NJ-10)
• Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-7)
• Michael Michaud (D-ME-2)
• Keith Ellison (D-MN-5)
• Maurice Hinchey (D-NY-22)
• Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL-2)
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX-18)
• Lynn Woolsey (D-CA-6)
• James McGovern (D-MA-3)
• Bob Filner (D-CA-51)
• Dennis Kucinish (D-OH-10)
• Maxine Waters (D-CA-35)
• Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9)
• Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9)
• Bennie Thompson (D-MS-2)
• Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)
• Emanuel Cleaver (DD-MO-5)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-At large)
• Danny Davis (D-IL-7)

• 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)
  

"We write to you regarding the extradition last month from Colombia to the United States of several paramilitary leaders of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, which is on the U.S. Department of States's list of foreign terrorist organizations. We are pleased that these criminals will be tried for their U.S. drug-trafficking crimes. At the same time, we ask you to keep in mind the horrific human rights abuses these men have committed in Colombia." Read the full letter (PDF).