FCNL and a coalition of NGOs sent a letter to Sen. Jack Reed (RI), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, asking him to deny funding for and bar deployment of the new W76-2 “low-yield” nuclear warhead.
In a letter sent to Armed Services Committees leadership, FCNL and 18 other organizations urged Congress to look at sensible reforms that could save billions of dollars per year from the bloated Pentagon budget while still maintaining national security. The letter outlined 16 specific recommendations to do so in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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A group of NGOs write to the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee to convey their concerns regarding reports that the Trump administration is moving forward with plans to sell A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft, with mounted machine guns and related parts and logistical support to the government of Nigeria.
Twenty-two organizations write to the U.S. House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to thank them for their leadership to ensure the continuation of critical conflict prevention and peacebuilding funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 as well as to express concerns for conflict prevention funding for Fiscal Year 2018 as proposed by the White House Budget Proposal.
Thirty-two organizations write to Secretary Tillerson to urge him to support Colombia’s effort to bring a permanent end to its half century of conflict.
The Senate is considering a new Iran sanctions bill (S. 722) that would put the Iran nuclear deal in jeopardy and risk putting the U.S. on path toward war with Iran.
A broad coalition of faith groups joined Senators to call on Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act, bringing down the biggest costs working families face.
FCNL joined 19 other faith organizations in submitting a comment to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on the proposed changes to the landmark National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The comment urges CEQ to withdraw its proposed changes, which would limit opportunities for affected communities to be heard and hinder the scope of analysis for environmental impacts.
FCNL was one of 25 national organizations, including environmental and renewable trade associations, to urge Congress to prioritize
enacting a robust package of critical clean energy tax incentives this year. Specifically, the letter asks Congress to update and extend tax incentives for clean energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles, actions that are essential for addressing climate change.
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