Frank Pallone: “I rise today to commend the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, the gentleman…”

“I rise today to commend the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe), the chairman, and the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the ranking member for their support and leadership in ensuring funding for Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. I want to particularly thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Knollenberg), my co-chair of the Armenia Caucus, for all that he did in the subcommittee. Through their support, $65 million was allocated to Armenia in economic assistance, and an additional $5 million was allocated in military assistance and $5 million was secured for assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh. I am pleased with these levels of aid, and I would like to reiterate my steadfast support for maintaining these levels as we go to conference. I am particularly pleased with the fact that parity was restored in the levels of military aid given to Azerbaijan and Armenia.”