WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member, joined a letter led by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to Secretary of State Antony Blinken regarding President Biden’s plan to send a reported $75 million in general economic support payments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. State Department into territories controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas.

“We call on you to halt these expenditures until the State Department accounts for statutory restrictions and remedies known deficiencies in the distribution of such assistance, which have for years promoted and facilitated terrorism against Americans and Israelis,” wrote the senators. “The PA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars every year to reward Palestinian terrorists and their families, with increased rewards in proportion to increased casualties.”

Senators Cramer and Cruz are joined in the letter by Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Todd Young (R-IN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Barrasso (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rick Scott (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Braun (R-IN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN). 

Click here to read the letter.