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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Provision on Holocaust Restitution Clears Senate Hurdle

Press Release

Date: July 14, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Arts, Entertainment, and History Housing and Property

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has successfully included an amendment in the FY16 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations bill that would boost U.S. efforts to assist Holocaust victims, their families, and heirs in achieving property restitution, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. The spending bill passed through the committee by a vote of 27-3 and now heads to the full Senate for consideration.

"It is tragically unacceptable that seven decades after the end of the Holocaust, the restitution of formerly Jewish communal, private, and heirless property remains an outstanding issue," said Senator Baldwin. "I was proud to see this amendment clear a hurdle in the Senate and come one step closer to helping provide justice to Holocaust victims and their families."


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