Senate Panel Sets Stage for U.S. Funding of Programs in Artsakh

FY 2019 Senate Foreign Aid Bill Report Language Urges Support for Regional Rehabilitation Centers to Care for Infants, Children and Adults with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities and facilities like the Artsakh-based Caroline Cox Rehabilitation Center

WASHINGTON—The full Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday adopted report language offered by Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) – as part of its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) foreign aid bill – noting the panel’s continued concern with the “protracted conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” and – in a move warmly welcomed by the Armenian National Committee of America – specifically called for U.S. support for “humanitarian and health programs,” including for “regional rehabilitation centers to care for infants, children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities.â€