47 Groups Back Rep. Joaquin Castro for House Committee Chair Post to 'Build a More Restrained and Pr
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Friday, November 13, 2020
by Common Dreams
47 Groups Back Rep. Joaquin Castro for House Committee Chair Post to 'Build a More Restrained and Progressive Foreign Policy'
"Rep. Castro embodies a progressive vision for the U.S. in the world, one that prioritizes diplomacy and multilateralism over militarism."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
With Democrats set to select a new chair for the House Foreign Affairs Committee by the end of November, 47 progressive advocacy groups on Friday put out a joint letter endorsing Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, who is facing off against "two more senior and more traditional colleagues," as HuffPost noted Friday.
The letter, reported exclusively by HuffPost, explains that "Rep. Castro has demonstrated a strong commitment to bringing a diversity of voices into discussions on foreign policy. Too often, the voices of those impacted by U.S. foreign policy are left out of the conversations in Washington."
Castro is competing with Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) for the position, which is opening up because the current chair, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), was defeated by progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman in a June primary race. Bowman easily won the seat last week.
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The groups behind the letter—which was organized by the Center for International Policy—are hopeful that Castro, as the committee's chair, would work "to build a more restrained and progressive foreign policy that genuinely serves the needs of communities here in the U.S. and abroad."
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