Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick Passes Bill to Address Haiti’s Gang Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), the Ranking Member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, released the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on a bipartisan basis to advance her bill, the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act.

“As a leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I’m working across party lines to find solutions that meet our national security needs and keep Americans safe. Armed criminal gangs, with the promotion of cartels, continue to wreak havoc across Haiti, fanning the flames of a worsening humanitarian crisis that has left children hungry. 

“The Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act will shine a necessary light on Haiti’s economic and political elite who regularly use gangs as levers of power.

“I’ll work alongside my colleagues to get it passed and signed into law.”