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On the recordJuly 30, 1997
I have filed an amendment to H.R. 2159 to cut funding for Peru under the international military education and training program unless the President reports to Congress that the Government of Peru is working to provide timely, open and fair legal proceedings against American citizens held in jail in Peru. This is done as a result of the unconscionable treatment of Jennifer Davis who has been held for 8 months in a Peruvian prison without any of her proper due process rights. However, this amendment was adopted in the Senate, and I strongly encourage the chairman to agree to this amendment during conference with the Senate. This language, coupled with the amendment I just mentioned, should send a strong message to Peru that the United States Congress is finding it more and more difficult to justify sending foreign aid to Peru when that country fails to respect the basic human rights to timely and fair legal actions.
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Thomas Ewing
Republican · Illinois
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Discussing an amendment related to U.S. funding for Peru and human rights concerns.

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