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College Students from Across the U.S. to Descend on Capitol Hill to Make their Voices Heard

Second Leadership Summit connects youth with legislators on urgent international issues.

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CRS Lauds Congress’ Rejection of Administration’s Proposed Cuts to Foreign Aid

House and Senate appropriators approved their respective Fiscal Year 2019 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) bills. This follows their work on Agriculture appropriations bills, which they completed earlier in the month. Across these spending packages, Congress rejected the Administration’s proposal to cut foreign aid by more than one-third.

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CRS Commends Senate Farm Bill for International Food Assistance Provisions

CRS joins more than two dozen U.S.-based organizations praising the bill.

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CRS President Calls on Congress to Appropriate Robust FY19 Foreign Aid Budget

Foreign aid is needed as the world's poor face an increasing number of challenges.

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Religious leaders call for U.N. to offer brighter future to migrants and refugees

Leaders call on countries to ensure safe and legal pathways for migrants and refugees.

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CRS expresses appreciation to House Agriculture Committee for continued support for international food assistance in 2018 Farm Bill

House Agriculture Committee passes the 2018 Farm Bill out of Committee.

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Humanitarian Organizations Release New Data Showing the Devastating Human Costs of Proposed Administration Cuts to Foreign Assistance

Cuts would negatively impact millions of lives around the world.

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Proposal to Eliminate Food Aid and Cut Humanitarian and Development Assistance in FY19 Budget is Short-sighted and Life-threatening

CRS is deeply concerned about the proposed drastic cuts to international aid.

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CRS Condemns Decision to Terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador

"Terminating TPS will tear families apart."

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CRS Extremely Disappointed by U.S. Withdrawal from Global Migration Compact; Calls for U.S. Leadership in Addressing Crisis of Our Time

“This withdrawal does not reflect the values of the American people”

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Catholic Relief Services eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.

We are the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and a member of Caritas Internationalis and the National Catholic Development Conference.