WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the statement below on the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act’s passage through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed one of the most commonsense bills we’ve considered in years—the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act. The name says it all. This bill will help to prevent even one American dollar from going to terrorist organizations in Afghanistan like the Taliban. American military personnel spent years fighting the Taliban. Over 2,000 Americans were killed in Afghanistan, and more than 20,000 were wounded. It would be a slap in the face to these veterans and their families for any of our taxpayer dollars to flow to this murderous regime.
“I have worked for months to secure this vote and through tough negotiating the bill is now one step closer to the President’s desk. I’m grateful that this committee has worked to make this bill stronger and taken another step to stop the flow of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban, and I thank Senator Sheehy for his leadership on this issue.”
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