| This is an urgent moment! Please take action to stop the RENACER Act which has passed the full U.S. Senate and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. But the bill is still being considered by another committee in the House – Financial Services. The best way to stop new punishment on the people of Nicaragua is to call and write the chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Maxine Waters. Phone calls are best : her office number is 202-225-2201 (California office: 323-757-8900); you can leave a comment on the comment line or ask to speak to Legislative Director, Patrick Fergusson. You do not have to be a constituent to contact her—all citizens can address her as the Chair of the Financial Services Committee regarding legislation before her committee. Then call the Financial Services Committee directly with the same message: 202-225-4247. Please ask that Rep. Waters oppose the RENACER Act and not mark it up or move it through her committee. The RENACER Act proposes “targeted” sanctions against more than half of the population of Nicaragua, and in fact everyone living in the country would suffer because the entire government would be targeted. Sanctions hurt the most vulnerable people and the U.S. must stop waging war this way! If you cannot call please send a message to Rep. Waters and her aide, and to your own Representative, in the button below: | |
| ONE MORE THING... Finally, please take a look at the list of Financial Services Committee members below! Is YOUR Representative on the list? If so, you can make an even bigger difference! Please call them (ask for them by name via the Congressional Switchboard, 202-224-3121). Say that they are your Representative serving on the Financial Services Committee and share this message: I urge you to oppose more sanctions on Nicaragua known as the Renacer Act. Please do not pass or mark up this bill.
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The RENACER Act proposes “targeted” sanctions against more than half of the population of Nicaragua, and in fact everyone living in the country would suffer because the entire government would be targeted. Sanctions hurt the most vulnerable people in a given country, and the U.S. must stop waging war this way. The United States should not politicize World Bank and IMF assistance to Nicaragua, as this hurts poorest people the most of all. U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks should recognize the consistently strong results of Nicaragua’s programs for the poor, as evaluated by these very financial institutions. The U.S. should not undermine or interfere with Nicaragua access to assistance, which should be based only on merit in accordance with the mandate of the institutions. Financial Services Committee, Listing of Members Maxine Waters, California, Chairwoman | Carolyn B. Maloney, New York | Patrick McHenry, North Carolina, Ranking Member | | Nydia M. Velázquez, New York | Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma | | Brad Sherman, California | Pete Sessions, Texas | | Gregory W. Meeks, New York | Bill Posey, Florida | | David Scott, Georgia | Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri | | Al Green, Texas | Bill Huizenga, Michigan | | Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri | Ann Wagner, Missouri | | Ed Perlmutter, Colorado | Andy Barr, Kentucky | | Jim A. Himes, Connecticut | Roger Williams, Texas | | Bill Foster, Illinois | French Hill, Arkansas | | Joyce Beatty, Ohio | Tom Emmer, Minnesota | | Juan Vargas, California | Lee M. Zeldin, New York | | Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey | Barry Loudermilk, Georgia | | Vicente Gonzalez, Texas | Alexander X. Mooney, West Virginia | | Al Lawson, Florida | Warren Davidson, Ohio | | Michael San Nicolas, Guam | Ted Budd, North Carolina | | Cindy Axne, Iowa | David Kustoff, Tennessee | | Sean Casten, Illinois | Trey Hollingsworth, Indiana | | Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts | Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio | | Ritchie Torres, New York | John Rose, Tennessee | | Stephen F. Lynch, Massachusetts | Bryan Steil, Wisconsin | | Alma Adams, North Carolina | Lance Gooden, Texas | | Rashida Tlaib, Michigan | William Timmons, South Carolina | | Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania | Van Taylor, Texas | | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York | | | Jesús “Chuy” García, Illinois | | | Sylvia Garcia, Texas | | | Nikema Williams, Georgia | | | Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts | | Thank you for taking action! | |
