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Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - 138 House Democrats Call for Ceasefire and Bold Leadership from the Biden Administration

Letter

By: David Price, Raul Grijalva, Doris Matsui, Mark DeSaulnier, Eric Swalwell, Zoe Lofgren, Julia Brownley, Pete Aguilar, Raul Ruiz, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Katie Porter, Mike Levin, Joe Neguse, John Larson, Jahana Hayes, Frederica Wilson, Nikema Williams, Bobby Rush, Chuy Garcia, Danny Davis, Bill Foster, John Yarmuth, Lori Trahan, Seth Moulton, Bill Keating, Chellie Pingree, Debbie Dingell, Betty McCollum, Deborah Ross, Annie Kuster, Don Payne, Jr., Teresa Leger Fernandez, Grace Meng, Jerry Nadler, Jamaal Bowman, Paul Tonko, Marcy Kaptur, Earl Blumenauer, Chrissy Houlahan, David Cicilline, Al Green, Colin Allred, Donald McEachin, Gerry Connolly, Suzan DelBene, Adam Smith, Ron Kind, Ann Kirkpatrick, Mike Thompson, Josh Harder, Jackie Speier, Anna Eshoo, Salud Carbajal, Adam Schiff, Jimmy Gomez, Linda Sánchez, Maxine Waters, Alan Lowenthal, Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Rosa DeLauro, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Hank Johnson, Jr., Kai Kahele, Marie Newman, Sean Casten, Jan Schakowsky, Sharice Davids, Jim McGovern, Katherine Clark, Stephen Lynch, Jamie Raskin, Andy Levin, Angie Craig, G. K. Butterfield, Jr., Kelly Armstrong, Tom Malinowski, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Steven Horsford, Yvette Clarke, Ritchie Torres, Antonio Delgado, Brian Higgins, Suzanne Bonamici, Dwight Evans, Mike Doyle, Jr., Steve Cohen, Eddie Johnson, Bobby Scott, Jennifer Wexton, Peter Welch, Pramila Jayapal, Mark Pocan, Jared Huffman, Jerry McNerney, Barbara Lee, Ro Khanna, Jimmy Panetta, Judy Chu, Grace Napolitano, Karen Bass, Mark Takano, Lou Correa, Sara Jacobs, Jason Crow, Joe Courtney, Eleanor Norton, Sanford Bishop, Jr., Ed Case, Robin Kelly, Mike Quigley, Raja Krishnamoorthi, André Carson, Richard Neal, Jake Auchincloss, Ayanna Pressley, John Sarbanes, Dan Kildee, Brenda Lawrence, Ilhan Omar, Alma Adams, Andy Kim, Mikie Sherrill, Susie Lee, Nydia Velázquez, Adriano Espaillat, Mondaire Jones, Joe Morelle, Tim Ryan, Peter DeFazio, Conor Lamb, Jim Clyburn, Joaquin Castro, Lloyd Doggett II, Don Beyer, Jr., Stacey Plaskett, Rick Larsen, Marilyn Strickland, Gwen Moore
Date: May 19, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch Foreign Affairs

Dear President Biden,

As members of Congress who care deeply about the security and freedom of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, we call on you and your Administration to facilitate the immediate cessation of violence and to press both sides to quickly negotiate a ceasefire; The alternative is an unfolding human tragedy of unimaginable dimensions.

Too many people have already died. More will unnecessarily perish if America does not act with the immediacy this violence demands. The issues underlying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many of them deferred for far too long, also demand attention, but a ceasefire comes first.

We understand that Monday, in your third call over six days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, you expressed support for a ceasefire. We appreciate this statement and the work you are doing behind the scenes to de-escalate tensions, but we strenuously urge your Administration, at the highest levels, to boldly lead and take decisive action to end the violence.

We thank you for your attention to this urgent crisis.

Sincerely,

Members of Congress


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