A HALO deminer in Sri Lanka stands in PPE displaying the US flag while wearing a visor

Senators Support Global Demining Programs

34 Senators sign Van Hollen-Young letter supporting funding for State Department global demining programs.
13th July 2021 | Fundraising

On June 23rd, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) co-led a bipartisan letter to the Senate State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee calling for $262,850,000 in funding for global demining programs.

The letter also supports targeted increased funding for critical mine action efforts in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Laos, Nagorno Karabakh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

A record-breaking number of 34 Senators signed the letter this year, supporting life-saving humanitarian demining programs and promoting U.S values abroad.

"HALO is incredibly grateful to see this record-breaking level of support in the Senate for global demining programs. Thank you to Senators Van Hollen and Young for their leadership in this effort, and to the 32 Senators who signed this bipartisan letter."
Kristen Stevens, Head of Congressional Affairs, HALO

The letter was signed by the following Senators:

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sen. Richard "Dick" Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen Brian Schatz (D-HI), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), Sen Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sen. Todd Young (R-IN).