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H.R. 4423 provides for increased technical assistance to the Government of Ethiopia on economic policy, technical assistance on water resource usage and increased U.S. financing of Ethiopian commercial ventures to enable an expansion of economic opportunity in the country.
My bill is not merely an attempt to attack the Government of Ethiopia for its transgressions of human rights, rather it is an effort to help that government and its political opposition to defuse a crisis that is growing daily and threatening the security of this nation. Furthermore, my bill is designed to help the government, civil society and the private sector create a more stable Ethiopia that can be an effective American ally in the troubled Horn of Africa.
I thank my current co-sponsors and those offices that have made helpful suggestions for the changes we have made, and I ask all of you who are interested in this effort to contact Gregory Simpkins in my office [email protected] to get more information on the enhanced version of H.R. 4423, to reiterate your support or to let us know whether you will join the co-sponsors of this legislation.
Sincerely,
Chris Smith
Member of Congress
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