The new GOP coronavirus relief proposal includes $29.4 billion total in new funds for the Department of Defense, $8.05 billion of which is for procurement and acquisition. Congress is already in the end stages of approving a $740 billion defense budget. While there are some COVID-related provisions for the Pentagon in this relief proposal, the bulk of the […]
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Council endorses public testimony on NNSA appropriations
Public Testimony for the Record FY 2021 House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Instructions for FY 2021 Public Witness Hearing March 31, 2020 The organizations and experts below endorse the following statement on programmatic issues under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee: American Friends Service Committee * Arms Control […]
BIPARTISAN BILLS, LEADING DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SUPPORT EXTENDING NUCLEAR TREATY
CONTACT: Anna Schumann, Communications Director 202.543.4100 #2115 aschumann@clw.org (FEBRUARY 4 – WASHINGTON) February 5 marks the one-year countdown to the potential end of the last remaining treaty constraining the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia can easily be extended into 2026 if both parties agree, but […]
Press Release: Executive Director John Tierney Urges Members of Congress to oppose FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act
CONTACT: Rowan Humphries Communications Assistant rhumphries@clw.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Executive Director John Tierney Urges Members of Congress to oppose FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (December 10, 2019 – WASHINGTON) Former Congressman John Tierney, now Executive Director of Council for a Livable World, makes the following statement in regards to the final fiscal year 2020 National […]
Council Joins Organizations Across Political Spectrum to Decry Increasing Pentagon Spending Caps
Council for a Livable World was proud to join 13 other organizations in urging Members of Congress to vote “no” on H.R. 2021. The full text of the letter follows: April 8, 2019 We are writing as a coalition of groups on the left and the right to urge Members of Congress to vote “no” […]
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